mamuk

Chinook Jargon

Alternative forms

• mamook

Etymology

from Nootka Jargon "mamúk" (work). Compare Makah babuyak (“working”)

Verb

mamuk

1. to do, make
2. to work
3. to cohabit

Usage notes

• munk is used more commonly in the Grande Ronde dialect

Related terms

• mamunk

See also

• munk

Salar

Etymology

Compare to Kazakh мамық (mamyq).

Noun

mamuk (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. cotton wool

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “mamux”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow