-yum

Northern Ohlone

Alternative forms

-šum

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone -(s)um.

Verb

-yum

Marks the instrumental case of nouns.; with, using, by means of.
‎koro (“foot”) + ‎-yum → ‎koroyum (“using one's feet; by walking”)
- 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:
  Kiš passay irekyum!
  Hit me with a rock!

References

María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎, Unpublished

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