Lexember 10: Obsidian

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Nitherian word: chithocho “obsidian”

From Old Maritime dʒydúkʂot, literally “shard of night”, from dʒydúk “shard, fragment” + ʂot, genitive of ʂo “night”.

Example:

Molimeyawasono yo tleslochithocho.

[mo.li.me.ja.waˈso.no
mo-lime-yawa-son-o
PFV-slice-here.and.there-meat-3s
jo
y-o
with-3s
tɬe.ɬo.tɕiˈðo.tɕo]
tle-slo-chithocho
blade-POSS-obsidian
He cut up the meat with an obsidian blade.

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