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ikxariyákaam firewood carrier, i.e. a cord for tying up a bundle of wood
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2259 | revised Dec 11 2014
ikxariyákaam • N • firewood carrier, i.e. a cord for tying up a bundle of wood
Literally: 'Looks like spirit-big, from ikxaréeyav 'spirit' and -kaam 'big' (WB)'
| Derivation: | ikxaréeyav-kaam | (= ikxarée yav-kaam) |
| spirit.person-large | (= ikxarée good-large) |
Note: Does this mean 'WITH a firewood carrier', or--? WB
- ikxariyákaam áhup upúunti. She (firewood carrier) is packing firewood. [Reference: JPH mat ?:741]