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vúxichar / vuxichara- saw
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6721 | revised Jan 25 2016
vúxichar / vuxichara- • N • saw
Literally: 'sawing-instrument'
| Derivation: | vúxich-ar-a |
| saw-INST-DEVERB |
Source: WB 1582.1, p.396
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nuvuxichshúroo nuvuxichshiipriv vuxich[ar] bucksaw muuk nuvuxichvúxich we.sawed.it we.sawed.it saw with.(by.means.of) a.bucksaw We sawed it down– [correction] sawed it up, we sawed it up with a saw– with a bucksaw. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text