Ararahih'urípih
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ikxunanáhaanich evening star (dimin.)

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lexicon ID #2289 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikxunanáhaanich • N • evening star (dimin.)

Derivation:  ikxuraráhaan-ich  (= ikxúrar-ha-aan-ich)
evening.star-DIM  (= evening-DENOM-Agentive-DIM)

Source: WB 553.1, p.343

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  1. ikxunanáhaanich   kun-'íin   mu-keechíkyav   xákaan  
    evening.star   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   3sPOSS-sweetheart   with.(one.person)  
    Evening Star lived with his sweetheart.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text