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ífunih / ifuniha- hair
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1500 | revised Oct 31 2014
ífunih / ifuniha- • N • hair
Literally: 'growing down'
| Derivation: | if-unih-a |
| grow-down-DEVERB |
Derivatives (2)
ifunihataxishxíshar "hairbrush"
ifuniheehyákurih "hairpin"
Source: WB 400.7, p.335; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2); JPH mat 07:284L
Note: Equiv. to ir(a).
- yáxa páy ifunihaxára paniníxuunak. Look, this long hair is in my acorn soup! [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 030]
Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (30)