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Northern Ohlone
Etymology
Compare Southern Ohlone -(s)um.
Verb
-yum
- Marks the instrumental case of nouns.; with, using, by means of.
- koro (“foot”) + -yum → koroyum (“using one's feet; by walking”)
1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:Kiš passay irekyum!- Hit me with a rock!
References
- María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges), Unpublished