umaq

Mapudungun

Noun

umaq (Raguileo spelling)

1. sleepiness

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

1. mother

   Synonym: indoq

2. ma'am

Paiwan

Alternative forms

• uma'

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

umaq

1. 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