umaq
Mapudungun
Noun
umaq (Raguileo spelling)
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
Paiwan
Alternative forms
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