umaq

Mapudungun

Noun

umaq (Raguileo spelling)

sleepiness

References

Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Musi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʊmaːʔ/
Rhymes: -aq, -q
Hyphenation: u‧maq

Noun

umaq

mother
Synonym: indoq
ma'am

Paiwan

Alternative forms

uma'

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

umaq

house; home
aza nu tja pacunan atja umaq a qinaciljani matu qaljic na qam.
If you look at the appearance of our house, it looks like the skin of a pangolin.

References

Chun-mei Chen (陳春美) (2006) A comparative study on Formosan phonology: Paiwan and Budai Rukai, p.55, University of Texas
Roger Ferrell (1982) Paiwan Dictionary, p.328, Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University

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