Ararahih'urípih
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ikxâavnamich wolf

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2232 | revised Dec 11 2014

ikxâavnamich • N • wolf

Derivation:  ikxâavrav-a-ich  (= ikxâav-rav-a-ich)
break.with.head-DEVERB-DIM  (= ikxâav-in-DEVERB-DIM)

Derivative (1)
páy_nanu'ávahkam_veekxavnamíchmiif "name of a mythical personage"

Source: WB 544, p.342

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  1. xás vaa ukúphaanik páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif.
    And páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif (name of an ikxaréeyav, probably "black little-wolf of the sky") did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text