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pathúvriin / pathuvrîina- to measure strings of dentalia
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4655 | revised Oct 31 2014
pathúvriin / pathuvrîina- • V • to measure strings of dentalia
Source: WB 1096, p.372
- káan pihnêefich umáahti, tóomah poopathuvrîinati ára kaan. Coyote saw him, he saw him measuring money. [Reference: WB T1.2]
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káan pihnêefich umáahtih tóo mah poopathuvrîinati ára kaan there coyote he.was.watching.him he.had see that.he.was.measuring.dentalia.strings person there Coyote saw him there, he saw the person there measuring strings of money. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text