Chumash Dictionary — mo entries

mo paint, painting
   momu black paint; from mo + –mu "instrument"
   moi   to be painted (e.g. for a dance); from mo + –i "characterized by"
mokok cockleburr
mol to toast s.
   molu   something toasted; from mol + –V "result of action"
   oxmol   to warm oneself; from aq– /ax– "uncertain meaning" + mol
molol phlegm (–alien); see moxlol "phlegm" also
moloq long ago, for a long time; old-time, ancient
  ex. moloq hi kuyamin — "I've been waiting for you for a long time"
  ex. mamolmoloq ha ku — the ancient people, the old-time people
   hini moloq   formerly, a long time ago, lit. "when [it was] long ago"
    ex. awliwa hi no hini moloq — "I was once a hunter long ago"
   timoloqi   to tell about old times; from ti– "of speech" + moloq + –i "verb marker"
      timoloqina myth, legend, story of the old days; from ti–moloq–in + –a "result of doing"
molu juniper
momoy Jimson weed, Datura, toloache
   momoyi   to be drunk, crazy (not necessarily from momoy)
      unimomoyi to be drunk, crazy; from uni– "uncertain meaning" + momoy–i
monus to ornament, make a design; to write
  idiom:  monus ha nuna "to poison by touching," lit. "to paint poison"
   monua   design, ornamentation; book, writing; from monus + –V "result of doing"
   monumu   kind of paint; from monus + –mu "instrument for doing"
    monumu hi xuxaw – milkweed-like plant: "Coyote's paint"
    malatk ha monumu – a kind of medicine: "live paint"
mop to foam, be bubbly
   iwolomopi   to be foamy, foam up; from iwal– "uncertain meaning" + mop + –i "characterized by"
   mop   foam, a bubble; from "it" + mop
   umop   to make bubbles; from su– "causative" + mop
moq when (relative rather than interrogative), so that; this particle always goes before the verb
  ex. moq syuwil iniiapatu "when it's hot they don't wear shoes"
  ex. ktakalimi moq keqteqen "I get frightened when I pass by [there]"
moq already; does not occur as first word in phrase – see more common particle moqe "already"
  ex. iapnu moq ha eneq "the woman is already married"
moqe already, immediate past; occurs as first word in phrase — see less common moq
  ex. moqe sapiyexen "he ate it up already"
  ex. quluwalk ha skuti moqe taka kiyakumili "she peeked to see where we had gotten to [already]"
mos berry species, similar to xuta but with long dense leaves
motmot to have the hair tangled or disheveled
   sumotmot   to get the hair tangled or disheveled, to tangle someone's hair
moxo paternal aunt, father's sister (–alien)
mow tree species, alamillo
mow honey, sugar from sugarbush (expew); candy, sweets
   mowon   to be sweet; from mow + –Vn "to do/be as the noun is"
      aqimowon   to be fine, elegant; to be wild, crazy; from aqi– "uncertain meaning" + mow–on
      aqimowoi finery, regalia, design, figure, pattern; from aqi–mow–on + i "instrument, that which is/does"
   oqsmowon     to savor; from aqs– "uncertain meaning" + mow–on
   suyomow   to gather sugar from sugarbush; from suya– "of gathering" + mow
=mow to be crowded (bound root)
   oqmow   to follow, pursue; [people] to be crowded together; from aq– "uncertain meaning" + mow
   yuqmow   to cover densely
    ex. syuqmow ha axunpes "it is covered with flies"
moxlol phlegm (–alien)
   moxloli   to be phlegmy, have a lot of phlegm; from moxlol + –i "to be characterized by"
moyi bound root seen in
   alimoyi   to be a late riser, sleepy-head; from ali– "habitually, in the process of" + =moyi
moyok grass species
moyomin to be mischevious
   tipoyomoyomin   to be dissolute; to think erotic thoughts; from tipaya– "uncertain meaning" + moyomin
 
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