'mula' also = 'machine'

[Scott Tyler]

Uxu?atlaak Henry,
LaXayam
thanks for the nice list of nuchanulth words
ooshtaqi/scott
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Subject: Re: 'mula' also = 'machine'


> That's the same for Nuuchahnulth: /muunaa/ "machine, engine", can be 
> specifically a locomotive of a train ("railroad" - /ninoot/)
>
> /muunaa/ is, like many loanwords in final vowel or /-n/, incorporated into 
> the lexicon with the connector /-q/ that surfaces in certain compounds, 
> thus
> /muunaqil~/ "build an engine"
> /muuna at aqtliqs/ "speed boat" (machine+inside+in-boat) [/-q/ becomes 
> epiglottal /-@/ thru glottalization]
> /mumuuna at aal~uk/ "engineer", specifically "log dump operator" (logging)
>
>
> Henry K.
>
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