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ikmaháchraam sweathouse
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lexicon ID #1826 | revised Jul 13 2015
ikmaháchraam • N • sweathouse
Literally: 'warm place '
| Derivation: | ikmáhach-raam | (= ikmah-ach-raam) |
| warm-place | (= ikmah-DIM-place) |
Derivatives (3)
ikmahachram'áhup "sweathouse wood"
ikmahachram'íshiip "the sacred sweathouse at Katimin (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7) "
ikxariyeekmaháchraam "sacred sweathouse at Orleans"
Source: WB 459.1, p.338
- ikmaháchraam pîimich mít káru u'íiftihat. (Tobacco) also used to grow near the sweathouse. [Reference: JPH ani 06:870]
- kári xás mukmaháchraam tárupak káan upikrîish. And he sat down there at his sweathouse, in the hatchway. [Reference: WB T52.42]
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