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koma
v.I.tr
to pluck
Take something out of something
Things done to animals
Poultry raising
koma
1
v.I.intr
to comb one's hair
cf
raha
Comb hair
2
v.I.tr
to comb
Comb hair
komeli
*ko
meli
n
hackberry
Tree
Komelitahch'a
komeli
tahch'a
nprop
March
TLP Decision
Months of the year
komu
v.I.tr
to sip
Drink
Taste
Ko'o
interj
Great! Awesome!
kopu
v.I.tr
to uncover
TLP creation for example sentences, 2020
korɔwa
*ko
rɔwa
n
red haw
Peoples of the Southeast used the ashes of this tree to make hominy
Tree
kori
v.II.intr
to assemble
refers to a custom of assembling to dance around the dead
Funeral
Ceremony
Come together, form a group
Mourn
korini ili
adj
a linguistic term for Class II verbs
abbreviated ty.ki
TLP creation for dictionary labeling
Grammar
korini sahku
adj
a linguistic term for Class I verbs
abbreviated ty.ks
TLP creation for dictionary labeling
Grammar
korintohku
n
witch
Sorcery
koru
v.I.intr
to make a scratching noise, like a rat at night
Types of sounds
koru
n
bay
Haas Notebook 8, page 143
korwa
n
Koroa Indian
Tribal names
koshu
cf
kushu
n
sherd (pottery)
(Yoroni Nisa group 2022)
History
kosu
1
n
color
Color
2
v.st
to be a color
Color
kosuhk'ariya
kosuhki
ariya
n
1
rainbow
Colors of the spectrum
Multicolored
Rain
2
red crawfish
Small animals
crawfish shaman
kosuhki
n
crawfish
Small animals
kosuhkitarokuti
kosuhki
ta-
roku
-ti
n
scorpion
neologism by Joshua Casiano (Teen immersion 2018)
Spider
stinging crawfish
kosuhkit'ɛ
kosuhki
-t'ɛ
n
lobster
(Yoroni Nisa group 2023)
big crawfish
kosuhk'uhkent'ɛ
kosuhki
u-
*hkeni
-t'ɛ
n
crab
Small animals
large-fingered crawfish
kosuhtahkishi
kosuhki
tahkishi
n
carapace of a crab
This phrase appears as one word in older texts. However, in modern Tunica, you would say "kosuhki uhktahkishi"
Parts of small animals
kosuletu
n
black-crowned night heron
etymology... crawfish? -letu?
Bird
kosulikahta
kosu
likahta
n
neon
TLP creation, 2020 adult immersion
bright color
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