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pákoo to whip (one's hair) with a stick, in order to dry it after bathing
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4500 | revised Jul 01 2005
pákoo • V • to whip (one's hair) with a stick, in order to dry it after bathing
Source: WB 49.1.2, p.316
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xás panunu'ífunih vúra xávish mûuk nupákootih kíri vâaramas u'if panunu'ífunih then our.hair Intensive mock.orange with.(by.means.of) we.were.whipping.our.hair I.wish long it.grows our.hair And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text