sum mud (dry), dust

Part of Speech n.masc
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): -a
    • mud (dry), dust
      • Example 595:
        c̣híika na khalooṛeeṇḍeéu tas ǰhulí sum galeeṇḍeéu ta ghróoṇ phus bhíi.
        c̣híik
        dung
        -a
        -pl
        na
        neg
        khalooṛé
        stir
        -eeṇḍeéu
        -OBLG
        tas
        3sg.acc
        ǰhulí
        on
        sum
        mud
        galé
        leave
        -eeṇḍeéu
        -OBLG
        ta
        DS
        ghráaṇ
        smell
        phus
        vanished
        bhe
        become
        -e
        -3sg
        Dung should not be stirred, but covered with soil, and the smell will disappear. [Proverb]
        Source:
        A:NH12:1:197
      • Example 793:
        sum khooṇṣí ba šíiṭi wée de ḍhangóolu.
        sum
        mud
        khooṇṣé
        dig
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        šíiṭi
        inside
        wée
        into
        de
        put
        -í
        -CV
        ḍhangá
        bury
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        It [the bear] took up mud from the ground, covered him [with it], and thus buried him.
        Source:
        A:SHA038e
      • Example 1647:
        šaníi sum šiáanu.
        šan
        roof
        -ii
        -gen
        sum
        mud
        šíi
        fall.off
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        Dust is falling from the roof.
        Source:
        A:DLX294
      • Example 1648:
        sum huṇḍ the ṣugalí ba čo ba thaníitu.
        sum
        mud
        huṇḍ
        up.above
        the
        to
        ṣugalé
        throw
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        čo
        go!
        be
        go
        thaníit
        say.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        He threw soil up in the air and said, "Go on!"
        Source:
        A:PIR037