Cahuilla edit

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Etymology edit

root: wíki + reduplication: wíkik + diminutive: -mal = wíkikmal

Noun edit

wíkikmal (plural wíkikmallem)

  1. bird

Declension edit

Case Singular Plural
Nominative wíkikmal wíkikmallem
Objective wíkikma'lli wíkikmallmi
Genitive [ wíkikma' ] [ wíkikmam ]
Objective Genitive [ wíkikmay ] [ wíkikmami ]

Derived terms edit

  1. wíkill (noun); feather
    1. chíyat (noun); feather (var. ki ~ chiy)
  2. wíkik-ma-llu- (verb intrs.); to try to be a bird, to play as birds