–mu |
suffix with multiple meanings —
derives nouns from verbs |
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(a) place where the activity
that the verb describes is performed, common with placenames |
| aqmilimu |
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drinking spring; from aqmil
"to drink" + –mu |
| axikumumu |
dancing ground; from axi–kum
"to dance" + –mu |
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(b) instrument for performing
the activity that the verb describes |
uli mu |
|
handle; from uli
"to grasp, hold" + –mu |
| monumu |
paint; from monus
"to paint" + –mu |
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(c) something intended for
the purpose that the verb describes |
| uwumu |
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food; from uw
"to eat" + –mu |
| iapnumu |
spouse; from iapnu
"to marry" (see i–
+ ap
"house) + –mu |
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(d) the activity itself |
| eqwelumu |
work; from eqwel
"to do, make" + –mu |
| mucu |
small (one), young (one) – noun |
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ex. kay kamucu
"he's the younger/smaller" e.g. of two brothers |
mucu
ha y ti |
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"soon, after a little while" – lit. "it is a little
[time] that comes" " run together as muc
ayti in
normal speech |
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ex. iwa  o,
mucu
ha yti ha noskimi
"he stops; he will get back to it after a little while" |
| aximucu |
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to get smaller; [moon] to wane; from axi–
"uncertain meaning" + mucu |
| iswatimucu |
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little finger, little toe; from i–
"one's own" + wati– "uncertain meaning"
+ mucu |
| mucucu |
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kind of bead, very small; from mucu
+ reduplication |
| yuqmucu |
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to be thin, slender; from yuq– "uncertain meaning"
+ mucu |
| muhu |
horned owl (this word is widespread in Uto-Aztecan
languages to the south and east of Chumash territory) |
| muhun |
fish species |
| muhuw |
beach, south; see muw
"coast" |
| mulam |
arroyo; from mi–
"place" + ulam
"creek, flood"? |
| munax |
bush species |
| mup |
cave |
| mut |
sea bird species |
| mut |
belly, stomach (–alien) |
| nimut |
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to have a protruding belly, to stick one's belly out;
from ni– "transitive" + mut |
| mutey |
near, nearby; to be nearby, close to |
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ex. mutey
hi skum "he"s getting close" |
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ex. paiti
mutey "near
here" |
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ex. nowon
mutey ha sap
"he's standing near the house" |
| sunaqtimutey |
to hold close; from su–
"causative" + naqti–
"uncertain meaning" + mutey |
| muw |
coast; see muhuw
"beach, south" |
| muwi |
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coast dweller, person who lives on the coast; from muw
+ –i
"characterized by" |
| alilimuw |
|
fish (generic); from al–
"agent" + ili– + muw
— "one that goes around the coast"? |
| muxmux |
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to crumble |
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