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iyvax to remove shells from acorns
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lexicon ID #3630 | revised Apr 21 2005
iyvax • V • to remove shells from acorns
Source: WB 829, p.357
- xás tuváxrah, takuniyvôonih, xás tóoyvax. Then (the acorns) dried; they took them down, and they shelled them. [Reference: WB T74.3]
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xás tuváxrah tá kuniyvôonih xás tóo yvax then it.dried PERF they.took.them.down then they.had shell.(acorns) And they dried; they took them down, and they hulled them. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text