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chanchak to choke (?); to close the roof-hatch of an Indian house
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1074 | revised May 05 2014
chanchak • V • to choke (?); to close the roof-hatch of an Indian house
| Derivation: | chan-chak |
| chan-closing.up |
Derivatives (5)
chancháaksur "to close the roof-hatch of an Indian house"
chancháaksur "roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house"
chanchákar "roof board on top of house"
chanchákar "to go to close the roof-hatch"
chanchakváraa "to hiccup"
Source: WB 274, p.329
Note: [chk] with speakers.
- hínupay tuchánchak. Here it is that she chokes. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 198]
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