| si4idam 'black; to be black,' from si4i 'color, to be colored' + dam 'to be black.'
si4ikha4aw 'white;
to be white,' from si4i + kha4aw 'to be white.'
si4ina2mtaan 'brown; to be brown,' from si4i + na2mtaan
'sugar.' (The term originates, of course, from a reference to a dark-colored kind of
sugar.)
tha2ha4anbo1k 'soldier (member of a land force),' literally, 'land-soldier,' from
tha2ha4an 'soldier' + bo1k 'land
(as opposed to water).'
tha2ha4anrfa 'sailor,' literally, 'boat-soldier,' from tha2ha4an + rfa
'boat.'
wanni2i 'today,' from wan 'day' + ni2i
'this.' |
