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k'e:lkya' another term for abalone-shell dress

kya'

kya'-'e:din without a dress, nude, (woman) stripped of her dress

miwhkya' I'm wearing a dress

na:wiłkya' she put a dress on

siłkyo:s-kya' ceremonial skirt ornamented with shells or beads, worn on special occasions

tł'oh-kya' skirt made of grass or maple bark ripped into fringes

tł'oh-kya'-t'e:n female man-eating monster who lurks about old camping places

xo'ji-kya' ceremonial abalone-shell dress

xosa:k'-kya' skirt with abalone shell pendants sewn on

yehna'xołkya' (s)he put a dress on her

Dictionary Entry [entry ID #2779]

kya' • skirt, dress (general term) • noun • Semantic domain: clothing

Examples from texts
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text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 48 (full story)
kya' no:t'a:ts'-tah haya:ł-q'ut na'k'iłxut' ts'isle'n
also cutting out dresses, she became a seamstress

text: Verdena's grandmother's job as a nanny, line 49 (full story)
haya:ł kya'-tah ch'i'iłchwe' me:lah ya'xo:lchwiw
she would make some dresses sometimes, some people hired her