-uun

Definition:

In or into water.

Function:

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Examples:

  1. páluun ‘be situated in water’;
  2. páwaaluun ‘put a stick into water’;
  3. sapáxaluun ‘catch fish at a fish weir’;
  4. šapáluun ‘soak’;
  5. tamáluun ‘put in water’;
  6. tamanúun ‘put in water, soak’;
  7. tamášɨmluun ‘take mud bath’;
  8. táax̣aluun ‘dye’;
  9. tkʷápaluun ‘put the hand in water’;
  10. twalúun ‘fish with dipnet’;
  11. tɨ́x̣laluun ‘see shadow in water’;
  12. ƛúpwaaluun ‘jump into water’;
  13. walápaluun ‘sit in water’;
  14. wáluun ‘go into water’;
  15. wáaluun ‘run into water’;
  16. wax̣úun ‘paddle (canoe)’;
  17. wáynuun ‘boil, cook’;
  18. winanúun ‘swim, bathe’;
  19. yáwašaluun ‘wade into water’;
  20. yáxaluun ‘pour’.

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[WS often -aa; NW -iin; NP /-uu/; PS *-ewe (indicative *-e plus *we “water”).]