kuspill

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Etymology

root: kúspi + suffix: -ill = kúspill

Noun

kúspill

  1. The throat, its throat
  2. Kúspi petuk (petuk: (adv) inside); inside of her/his throat
    1. (synonym) paxwáyva'al; inside of her/his throat

Verb

-qélla-

  1. (intrs.) to feel sore
    1. kúspi qéllaka (future inceptive -ka); her/his throat is beginning to feel sore, i.e. she/he has a sore throat

-témi-

  1. (intrs.) to close
  2. -témin- (causative -ni-) to cause to close
    1. kúspiy petéminqal; it is causing her/his throat to close
    2. kúspiy~peytéminva'al (verbal noun phrase) - lit. throat_where-it-causes-to-close; (Cahuilla grammar) the glottal stop < ' >; e.g. < va'al>
      1. peytéminva'al (causative root témi-n + 2nd class O-S prefix: pe-y, + "place of" suffix: va'al); lit. Jail, or "place of causing to close"

Declension

Case Singular Plural
Nominative kúspill kúspillem
Objective kúspi'lli kúspillmi
Genitive kúspi kúspim
Objective Genitive kúspiy kúspimi
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