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ikrírihka / ikrírihku- place edgewise to, as when three half-blades of feathers are attached edgewise to an arrow with their planes parallel
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1998 | revised Dec 03 2014
ikrírihka / ikrírihku- • V • place edgewise to, as when three half-blades of feathers are attached edgewise to an arrow with their planes parallel
Literally: 'to slope onto'
| Derivation: | ikrírih-ka |
| become.tilted-to |
Derivative (1)
ikninihkóoch "edgewise feathering (of arrows, when three half-blades of feathers are attached edgewise)"
- ukrírihkahiti. One thing is edgewise (essive). [Reference: JPH mat ?:703]