muʹk·am

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Tepecano

Etymology

muk (die) +‎ -kam

Proper noun

muʹk·am

  1. 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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