Ararahih'urípih
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ikyaváripux without priestesses (at the pikyavish)

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lexicon ID #2351 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyaváripux ADJ • without priestesses (at the pikyavish)

Derivation ikyávaan-ipux  (= ikyav-aan-ipux)
maker-without  (= make-Agentive-without)

  • kunxús hûut patakunkúpheesh, xâatik ikyaváripux. They thought, "What is humanity going to do, if we don't have any priestesses?" [Reference: KS24. How the Ikxaréeyavs Varied the Pikyavish 002]