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akraah Pacific lamprey, eel
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #264 | revised Nov 07 2014
akraah • N • Pacific lamprey, eel Lampetra tridentata (ITIS).
Derivatives (8)
aknáahunich "bag for eels, woven of iris string"
aknahsufsínhanich "eel 14 inches or so long; perhaps female eel"
akrah'amtiikêer "azalea"
akrahchiripchírip "cricket"
akráhkuux "eel backbone"
akráhsiih "eel dressing point, instrument for dressing eels"
akrah'urípih "eel net"
akrahiváxrah "dried eels"
Source: WB 62, p.316
- káru akráah uum úpaanik, naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma. And Eel said, "I also will get there first in the spring." [Reference: KT 149.7]
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