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ikinayâach straight
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1821 | revised Oct 26 2014
ikinayâach • ADJ • straight
| Derivation: | íkir-yâach | (= íkir yav-ach) |
| short.ridge-Intensive | (= short.ridge good-DIM) |
Derivative (1)
apsihihikiniyâachas "a plant, golden inside-out flower, Siskiyou inside-out flower"
- nanivásih vúrava ikinayâach. My back is straight (in prayer at end of myths). [Reference: TK 240.25 (also KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 283)]
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nanivási vúrav eekiniyâach.
My back is straight.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text -
nanivási vúrava ikinayâach.
My back is straight.Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text