Ararahih'urípih
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imxáxasur / imxáxasuru- (skin) to scale off

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2604 | revised Nov 16 2014

imxáxasur / imxáxasuru- • V • (skin) to scale off

Derivation:  imxaxa-sur
crack-off

Source: WB files

  • xás úmuusti pamú'iish, toomxaxasúroo, tu'ur. And (Madrone) looked at his body, it was scaling off, it was peeling. [Reference: T35.49]

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  1. tóo mxaxasúroo, tu'ur.
    It was scaling off, it was peeling.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text