ᦣᦸᧄhɔm⁴20001verb (transitive)to gather; collectᦀᧁ ᦵᦔᦲᧅ ᦉᦱ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦣᦸᧄ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦋᦴᧈ ᦑᦲᧈ.They gathered reports from every city.ᦗᦸᧈ ᦺᦣᧈ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦓᦱ ᦣᦸᧄ ᦇᦹᧃ ᦂᧃ ᦶᦔᧂ ᦷᦣᧂ ᦵᦣᧃ.The farmers saved their money together to build a school.ᦙᧃ ᦣᦸᧄ ᦂᦽᧉ ᦀᦾᧉ ᦷᦜᧂ ᦜᦻ ᦵᦙᦲ ᦑᦱᧃ.He gathered lots of bananas and sugarcane as his offering.7.5.1Gather2classifierclassifier for bundles9.2.6.1Classifiersᦗᦸᧂᦰᦣᦸᧄᦠᦱᦣᦸᧄᦷᦣᦰᦣᦸᧄᦣᦸᧄᦂᦸᧉᦣᦸᧄᦗᦸᧂᦰᦣᦸᧄᦙᦱᦞᦱᧈ
9.2.6.1. Classifiers
ᦣᦸᧇhɔp⁵20001prepositionaroundᦖᦱᧅ ᦃ ᦶᦐᧆ ᦙᦲ ᦎᦱ ᦣᦸᧇ ᦷᦎ.A pineapple has eyes all around it.ᦂᦸ ᦓᦲᧉ ᧓ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦀᦸᧄᧉ ᦗᦸ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦣᦸᧇ.This tree, three people cannot stretch their arms around it.8.5.1.2.1Around2classifierclassifier for cycles, rotationsᦙᧃ ᦵᦟᧇ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ ᧓ ᦣᦸᧇ.He walked around the house three times.ᦀᧁ ᦵᦋᦲᧅ ᦵᦂᧁᧉ ᦷᦎ ᦅᦴ ᧑᧐ ᦣᦸᧇ.I wound the rope around my body ten times.9.2.6.1Classifiers
ᦷᦤᧂ1doŋ⁴classifierclassifier for things of honour and beauty (heavenly bodies, monasteries, jewels, lamps). [Note: This classifier is often used in poetic ways.]ᦒᦱᧆ ᦗᧃ ᦷᦤᧂ.A thousand monasteries.ᦶᦂᧁᧉ ᦷᦤᧂ ᦍᦲᧂᧈ ᦃᦱᧁ ᦺᦉ.A jewel that is totally white and clear.ᦓᦸᧃ ᦚᧃ ᦠᧃ ᦘ ᦁᦱ ᦑᦲᧆ ᦀᧁ ᦡᦸᧅᧈ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦷᦤᧂ ᧚.She dreamed she saw the sun give her a flower.9.2.6.1Classifiers
ᦧᦸᧃ1xwɔn¹20001nounthe elements of a living being that give it life and energy. [Note: Separation of the xwon from the body results in illness or death. Each part of the body has its own xwon. Some say that a person has 52 xwon, others give different numbers. Xwon are secured in the body by tying thread around the wrists. Xwon is sometimes translated as 'soul-stuff' in English.]ᦕᦳᧅᧈ 1ᦅᧄ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦧᦸᧃ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦵᦈᧇ ᦌᦱᧂᧈ.Words to call back the xwon of an injured person.ᦕᦳᧅᧈ ᦙᦹ ᦌᦻᧉ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦧᦸᧃ ᦙᦱ, ᦕᦳᧅᧈ ᦙᦹ ᦧᦱ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦧᦸᧃ ᦊᦴᧈ.As I tie your left hand may your xwon come, as I tie your right hand may your xwon stay.ᦧᦸᧃ ᦷᦠ ᦐᦲ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦗᦸᧅ.Her head-xwon had fled and he couldn't summon it back.1.4.2Spirits of things3.1Soul, spirit4.9.2Supernatural being2nounwhorl in the hairᦐᦽᧈ 3ᦟᦴᧅ 3ᦷᦣ ᦃᦱᧉ ᦧᦸᧃ ᦙᧃ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦐᦱᧉ ᦕᦱᧅ ᦟᦴᧅ ᧚, ᦊᦴᧈ ᦂᦱᧂ ᦜᧂ ᦟᦴᧅ ᧚.My cow has one whorl on its forehead, and one in the middle of its back.2.1.5Hair3classifierclassifier for xwon᧓᧒ ᦧᦸᧃ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦙᦱ ᦡᧂᧈ ᦅᧄ ᦗᦸᧃ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦏᧁᧉ.May 32 xwon come to you like the blessings of the elders.9.2.6.1Classifiersᦵᦂᧇᦇᧁᦀᧁᦧᦸᧃᦃᧁᧉᦧᦸᧃᦈᦸᧄᦧᦸᧃᦉᦴᧈᦧᦸᧃᦷᦉᧅᧈᦷᦑᧅᦧᦸᧃᦖᦸᧂᦉᧁᦧᦸᧃᦖᦴᧈᦧᦸᧃᦙᧆᦧᦸᧃᦟᧁᧈᦧᦸᧃᦣᦴᧉᦷᦠᦣᦴᧉᦧᦸᧃ᧒ᦧᦸᧃ᧒ᦙᦹ
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