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ikreemyahváraar musical instrument of any kind, including flute, violin, piano; phonograph, radio
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1956 | revised Nov 12 2014
ikreemyahváraar • N • musical instrument of any kind, including flute, violin, piano; phonograph, radio
Literally: 'blowing-through instrument'
| Derivation: | ikreemyahváraa-ar-a | (= ikréemyah-vara-va-ar-a) |
| play.music-INST-DEVERB | (= blow-in.through-PL.ACT-INST-DEVERB) |
Note: Of eel, mukreemyahváraar 'his gills' (JPH ani 06:505).