Ararahih'urípih
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áaksip / áaksipriv- to raise one's hand; to measure a span

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #25 | revised Oct 31 2014

áaksip / áaksipriv- • V • to raise one's hand; to measure a span

Derivation:  ak-sip
do.with.hands-up

Derivatives (2)
aksîiprin "to measure in spans"
ithá'aaksip "one span, distance from end of thumb to end of middle finger in spread-out hand"

  • vaa vúra kích kúnish kunihrúuvti tikankampîimach, patakun'áaksipreehaak. Most of the time they use the forefinger, when they measure a span. [Reference: JPH ethno ?:140]

See ak- 'to do with hand' See -sip(riv) 'up'