Ararahih'urípih
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ishkoonayaachkúnihar arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3016 | revised Feb 03 2015

ishkoonayaachkúnihar N • arrow without foreshaft or feathers, used by boys

Literally: 'completely naked arrow'

Derivation iishkôor-yâach kuníhar  (= íish koo-ar yav-ach kunih-ar)
naked-Intensive wooden-tipped.arrow  (= flesh so.much-having good-DIM shoot-INST)

Source: JPH mat ?:701, 703

Note: Equiv. to íthkiipux.