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Yosondúa Mixtec
Etymology 1
Cognate with San Juan Colorado Mixtec tyáhma, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec chahmā.
Noun
chaꞌma
- lung
Etymology 2
Cf. San Juan Colorado Mixtec yahmà, San Miguel el Grande Mixtec tɨ́ñáhmá.
Adjective
chaꞌma
- soft
- spongy
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
chaꞌma
- (intransitive) get squashed
Etymology 4
Cf. San Miguel el Grande Mixtec tɨñāhmá.
Noun
chaꞌma
- bud (clarification of this definition is needed)
References
- Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012), Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46) (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 4