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iphikinihnûumahach burning sweats, sweating other people's sweathouse wood
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2743 | revised Dec 17 2014
iphikinihnûumahach • N • burning sweats, sweating other people's sweathouse wood
| Derivation: | iphíikirih nûumah-ach | (= iphi-kírih nûumah-ach) |
| sweat.self nûumah-DIM | (= put.(pl.)-into.fire nûumah-DIM) |
Source: JPH ethno ?:200
Note: Phoebe explains: 'lazy boy, letting other men bring all the wood in.'