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ikfíithar / ikfithara- trimmed tree, i.e. a fir tree stripped of all branches but two by a man, as his individual landmark
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lexicon ID #1768 | revised Nov 05 2014
ikfíithar / ikfithara- • N • trimmed tree, i.e. a fir tree stripped of all branches but two by a man, as his individual landmark
| Derivation: | ikfith-ar |
| strip-having.been.-ed |
Source: WB 448.1, p.337
- vaa káan uvêehriv, mukun'íkfiithar pámita mukunkeechíkyav. There they stood, the "trimmed trees" of their former sweethearts. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 013]