jamikùki (01_Asaxi Nouns (List))


jamikùki

jamikùki

Noun class (warm / cold)

Warm

Pronunciation

IPA: /jamikɯki/

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Health & Medicine / Smntc_Field Animals

Translations

  • English: germ, pathogen, microbe
  • Polish: zarazek, drobnoustrój

Example sentence

Jo sè gapo-săaai jamikùkiwa maka xiŕa! It’s a mass of scarlet fever germs!

Alternative Forms

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Etymology

jami (illness) + kùki (small crawling creature): the illness-bug, cf. kùsokùki (fly).

Synonyms

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Antonyms

Null

Derived terms

  • jamikùkishů

Usage Note

First attested in Onă Gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).