camox

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Latin

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Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian).

Pronunciation

Noun

camōx m (genitive camōcis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) chamois

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative camōx camōcēs
genitive camōcis camōcum
dative camōcī camōcibus
accusative camōcem camōcēs
ablative camōce camōcibus
vocative camōx camōcēs

Descendants

Tonkawa

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃəmɔx/, /ʃamɔx/

Adjective

camox

  1. red

References

  • Harry Hoijer, Tonkawa, an Indian language of Texas