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it must be assumed that Joseph Smith did not have an English translation for them or he would have rendered it in English. Therefore, whatever etymology is proposed, it must meet these three criteria. | it must be assumed that Joseph Smith did not have an English translation for them or he would have rendered it in English. Therefore, whatever etymology is proposed, it must meet these three criteria. | ||
Indigenous American animals that are useful and for which Joseph Smith probably would not have had an English name include armadillo, alpaca, vicuña, chinchilla, guinea pig, llama (domesticated guanaco), tapir, agouti, capybara, iguana, gomphothere,<ref>Gompotheres were known to be eaten by humans in the early Holocene. It is not known when they became extinct. “New Evidence from Earliest Known Human Settlement in the Americas,” ''ScienceDaily.com'', May 9, 2008, available online at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508143324.htm .</ref> etc. ([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]). | Indigenous American animals that are useful and for which Joseph Smith probably would not have had an English name include armadillo, alpaca, vicuña, chinchilla, guinea pig, llama (domesticated guanaco), tapir, agouti, capybara, iguana, gomphothere,<ref>Gompotheres were known to be eaten by humans in the early Holocene. It is not known when they became extinct. “New Evidence from Earliest Known Human Settlement in the Americas,” ''ScienceDaily.com'', May 9, 2008, available online at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508143324.htm .</ref> etc. ([[Paul Y. Hoskisson|PYH]]). For example, Bruce Warren observes that ''com'' is Tzotzil Maya “armadillo.”<ref>B. Warren, "Surviving Jaredite Names in Mesoamerica," ''Meridian'', May 26, 2005, online at https://latterdaysaintmag.com/article-1-196/ , citing Laughlin 1975:104.</ref> | ||
Unlikely is the suggestion that '''C<small>UMOMS</small>''' are bears, based on the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]], ''qūm'', “rise up, stand up," citing the characteristics of bears.<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] and M. Sjodahl, ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', ed P.C. Reynolds (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1955) 6:145</ref> | Unlikely is the suggestion that '''C<small>UMOMS</small>''' are bears, based on the [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]], ''qūm'', “rise up, stand up," citing the characteristics of bears.<ref>[[George Reynolds|Reynolds]] and M. Sjodahl, ''Commentary on the Book of Mormon'', ed P.C. Reynolds (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1955) 6:145</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:26, 9 July 2023
| Jaredite noun | 1. | Animals, listed with CURELOMS and elephants (Ether 9:19 (x2)) |
Etymology
Until possible language affinities for JAREDITE names can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of JAREDITE names must remain more speculative than substantive. With that caveat, the onomasticon does offer etymologies for some JAREDITE names, especially if it is possible that some JAREDITE names were translated into NEPHITE, or were otherwise related to one or more Semitic or Mesopotamian languages.
Whatever fauna CUMOMS were, three criteria affect their identification: 1) they were especially useful to the JAREDITES; 2) they were indigenous to JAREDITE America; and, 3) it must be assumed that Joseph Smith did not have an English translation for them or he would have rendered it in English. Therefore, whatever etymology is proposed, it must meet these three criteria.
Indigenous American animals that are useful and for which Joseph Smith probably would not have had an English name include armadillo, alpaca, vicuña, chinchilla, guinea pig, llama (domesticated guanaco), tapir, agouti, capybara, iguana, gomphothere,[1] etc. (PYH). For example, Bruce Warren observes that com is Tzotzil Maya “armadillo.”[2]
Unlikely is the suggestion that CUMOMS are bears, based on the HEBREW, qūm, “rise up, stand up," citing the characteristics of bears.[3]
Cf. Book of Mormon COM, CUMORAH, et al.
See also Cumoms / comoms Variant
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐗𐐊𐐣𐐉𐐣𐐞 (kʌmɒmz)
Notes
- ↑ Gompotheres were known to be eaten by humans in the early Holocene. It is not known when they became extinct. “New Evidence from Earliest Known Human Settlement in the Americas,” ScienceDaily.com, May 9, 2008, available online at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508143324.htm .
- ↑ B. Warren, "Surviving Jaredite Names in Mesoamerica," Meridian, May 26, 2005, online at https://latterdaysaintmag.com/article-1-196/ , citing Laughlin 1975:104.
- ↑ Reynolds and M. Sjodahl, Commentary on the Book of Mormon, ed P.C. Reynolds (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1955) 6:145
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