čmúk

Definition:

Black. Used for living things like animals.

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Examples:

1. čmúk iwá k̓ʷɨ́nč ‘the edible lichen is black’;
2. čmúk táatpas čáw tún luc̓á itáatpasiya ‘he wore black clothes, not any red’;
3. čmúk k̓úsi ‘black horse’;
4. čmúk łamtɨ́x̣ ‘dark-headed horse’ (also čmúkłamtx̣);
5. čmúk wáłx̣ʷas ‘black-tailed deer’ (see ƛ̓álk);
6. čmúk wáłx̣ʷas wilalík ‘black-tailed hare, Lepus californicus‘;
7. čmúk táatpas ‘priest, Catholic’ (see čmuktáatpas);

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See more:

ččmúk ‘black things’.

Ablaut: čmáakʷ ‘very black’.

[NP cimúuxcimux /cmúkcmuk/; cf. NP /smuk/ ‘charcoal’.]