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kahthuxriv'ishkúruhar name of a spirit person
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lexicon ID #3721 | revised Mar 02 2015
kahthuxriv'ishkúruhar • N • name of a spirit person
Literally: 'upriver net-bag carrier'
| Derivation: | kah-thúxriiv ishkúruh-ar |
| upriver net.bag carry.by.looped.handle-INST |
Note: Equiv. to káruk ithivthaneen'ípan vathuxriv'ishkúruhar.
- kahthuxriv'ishkúruhar mutunveerahapírish, pá'uum vúra vaa mupírish upikyâanik pamu'úhraam. Kahthuxriv'ishkúruhar's childbirth medicine, how he used his pipe as medicine. [Reference: TK 261.2]