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Tepecano
Etymology
muk (“die”) + -kam
Proper noun
muʹk·am
- The Goddess of Death.
1918 May, J. Alden Mason, “Tepecano prayers”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume I, number 2, pages 91–153:kuhaʹputiˋcuptán há·ʼgicdara höga navarit.o·ʹɢ kuviˋputmák·ia liseʼʹnsia para naᴅ·aʹgia gacmú·k·ikam anihö́dör naˋpuböˋumágim anihöʹ naˋpuoíörm ciʹkorhö́van hasnaciʹdúdu naˋpua.ú·k·atök· ganamarmaʹmrat- Likewise do we beseech of our Father that he give us leave to seize the Death Goddess, she who cometh whispering, stalking about and carrying off his children.
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