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Tübatulabal
Noun
cɨmil
- A kind of deer mouse (Peromyscus sp.). (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
- Merriam, C. Hart (1935) Field Check Lists: Pacific Coast Region: Tubotelobela, Washington: Government Printing Office, page 4: “White-footed mouse (Peromyscus) ... Small kind, Chum-me-pil; Big kind, Chooʹ-mil”
- Voegelin, C. F. (1958 July) “Working dictionary of Tübatulabal”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 24, number 3, →JSTOR, pages 221–228: “cɨmil the mouse”