Definition:
Black. Used for living things like animals.
Examples:
- čmúk iwá k̓ʷɨ́nč ‘the edible lichen is black’;
- čmúk táatpas čáw tún luc̓á itáatpasiya ‘he wore black clothes, not any red’;
- čmúk k̓úsi ‘black horse’;
- čmúk łamtɨ́x̣ ‘dark-headed horse’ (also čmúkłamtx̣);
- čmúk wáłx̣ʷas ‘black-tailed deer’ (see ƛ̓álk);
- čmúk wáłx̣ʷas wilalík ‘black-tailed hare, Lepus californicus‘;
- čmúk táatpas ‘priest, Catholic’ (see čmuktáatpas);
See more:
ččmúk ‘black things’.
Ablaut: čmáakʷ ‘very black’.
[NP cimúuxcimux /cmúkcmuk/; cf. NP /smuk/ ‘charcoal’.]