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imyaheemshipara- widower
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2623 | revised Nov 17 2014
imyaheemshipara- • N • widower
Literally: 'one whose breath (or heart) has been extinguished'
| Derivation: | imyah imship-ar | (= imyah-a imship-ar) |
| breath cool.off-having.been.-ed | (= breathe-DEVERB cool.off-having.been.-ed) |
Source: WB 618.1.2, p.346
Note: Equiv. to pihriiv 'widower'.