čahnu

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Southern Pomo

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃahnu/

Noun

čahnu

  1. Speech, language.
    • 2013, Neil Alexander Walker, A Grammar of Southern Pomo, page 7:
      p[ʰ]al[:]aʔčey huʔ:u:=ṱon … ʔay[:]a:kʰe čahnu ʔa:lhok̓o:=ṱʰoṱ̓,
      We didn’t speak our language in front of Whites.

References

  • Neil Alexander Walker (2020) A Grammar of Southern Pomo, →ISBN