Ararahih'urípih
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ikôor / ikoora- stone pipe-bowl

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1886 | revised Nov 11 2014

ikôor / ikoora- • N • stone pipe-bowl

Derivation:  íkoo-ar-a  (= iik-koo-ar-a)
hit.(several.times)-INST-DEVERB  (= hit-to-INST-DEVERB)

Derivatives (2)
ikoorá'as "rock in the river near Katimin"
xanachyuhikôorak "a placename, east of úynaam"

Source: WB 469, p.338; TK xxxii.39

Note: JPH mat 06:405 defines as 'small or medium-sized pestle' = ikxuchxúchar.

  • paxára takunihêeraravahaak poohraam, vaa kári sú'kam taxíkih peekôor. When they use a pipe for smoking for a long time, the pipe bowl gets rough inside. [Reference: TK 199.22]