Ararahih'urípih
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kúha illness

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lexicon ID #3958 | revised Jun 25 2015

kúha • N • illness

Derivation:  kúha-a
be.sick-DEVERB

Derivatives (3)
kuhaan "sickly person"
kúhar "sick person, invalid"
vishvankuha'ánav "fern sp."

  • káru vúra pavúra kúha vúra uum. And that's just ordinary illness. [Reference: Nettie Reuben, "Doctoring", 1950b:28.]
  • vúra uum pu'ararakúhahara, vúra uum apxantiichkúha. That's not Indian sickness, that's Whiteman's sickness. [Reference: TK 230.4]

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