Ararahih'urípih
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itkáanvar / itkanvara- fish-spear

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lexicon ID #3387 | revised Feb 17 2015

itkáanvar / itkanvara- N • fish-spear

Literally: 'fish-spearing instrument'

Derivation itkáanva-ar-a  (= it-kar-va-ar-a)
spear.fish-INST-DEVERB  (= look-into.water-PL.ACT-INST-DEVERB)

Derivative (1)
itkanvara'áhup "spear shaft"