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suuf backbone
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lexicon ID #5494 | revised Dec 19 2015
suuf • N • backbone
Derivatives (6)
asúf'iish "salmon backbone meat"
atíshuuf "back meat of salmon"
ithkásuuf "quill of a feather"
sípsuuf "pith of dogwood tree"
súfan "small of the back"
xavíshsuuf "pitch of arrowwood"
Source: WB 1250, p.380; JPH ani 06:658
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suuf backbone fish backbone; pith Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textmú-suuf 3sPOSS-backbone its stalk Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textpa-mú-suuf the-3sPOSS-backbone Pith Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textsuuf backbone fish backbone, pith of a plant stalk Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textp-eheeraha-'ípa u-súuf-hi su' the-tobacco-tree 3s(>3)-backbone-DENOM inside The tobacco plant has pith inside. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textsuuf backbone backbone Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text