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xahávik / xahavika- spider-web; crocheting
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6748 | revised Jan 27 2016
xahávik / xahavika- • N • spider-web; crocheting
Literally: 'spider-weaving'
| Derivation: | xah vik | (= xah vik-a) |
| spider weaving.work | (= spider weave-DEVERB) |
Derivatives (3)
xahavíkapuh "crocheting"
xahavikeekyâar "crocheting needle"
xahavikeekyávaan "type of caterpillar"
Source: WB 1584.2, p.396; JPH ani 06:763
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pakáan kun'axúpruuprihvuti papúufich tóo mtaapha káru tuxahavíkaha where they.were.putting.dressed.deer.meat.in.through the.deermeat it.was dusty also it.was.cobwebby (The part of the house) where they put in the dressed deer meat was dusty and cobwebby. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text