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ípam sinew
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lexicon ID #2695 | revised Mar 25 2008
ípam • N • sinew
Source: WB 643, p.348; JPH mat 07:177-8
- pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara...ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsiih. Its leaves don't fall off...its leaf-stems are like sinew. [Reference: TK 53.37]
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pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara sákriivsha pamúpsii ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha its.leaves Intensive it.is.not.falling.off hard.ones its.stem sinew sort.of its.leaf-stem both where.the.leaves.grow.off hard.ones The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text