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The twenty-seventh line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is undumë “abyss” followed by the (present?) active-participle (“-ing”) of the verb hac- or háca- “to yawn”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

undumë háca-la = “*abyss yawn-ing”

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The twenty sixth line of the Oilima Markirya poem (MC/214). The first word is the noun mandu “abyss” (usually translated “hell”) followed by the adjective yáme “yawning”.

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

mandu yáme = “*abyss yawning”