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ámkuuf smoke
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #341 | revised Nov 02 2005
ámkuuf • N • smoke
Derivatives (2)
amkúufha "to give off smoke or steam"
ámkuufkunish "blue"
Source: WB 88, p.317
- koovúra ík kumamáh'iit, yaas'ára múmkuuf ík upathánpiithvutiheeshik. Every morning human's smoke will be blowing around like bodies of fog. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 071]
- yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay, úmkuufhinaatih, u'iinvúnaati. And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke there were forest fires. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 022]
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