chaꞌma

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Yosondúa Mixtec[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyáhma, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec chahmā.

Noun[edit]

chaꞌma

  1. lung

Etymology 2[edit]

Cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec yahmà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec tɨ́ñáhmá.

Adjective[edit]

chaꞌma

  1. soft
  2. spongy

Etymology 3[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb[edit]

chaꞌma

  1. (intransitive) get squashed

Etymology 4[edit]

Cf. San Miguel el Grande Mixtec tɨñāhmá.

Noun[edit]

chaꞌma

  1. bud (clarification of this definition is needed)

References[edit]

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 4