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kuphákaam Ghost Dance, Round Dance
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4011 | revised Aug 02 2015
kuphákaam • N • Ghost Dance, Round Dance
Literally: 'big doings'
| Derivation: | kúupha-kaam | (= kúupha-a-kaam) |
| doing-large | (= do-DEVERB-large) |
- pahûut mít kunkupeehêeratihat peehêeraha pookuphákaamhaak ... How they used to smoke tobacco at the Ghost Dance ... [Reference: TK 253.1]