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-kuun crooked
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4080 | revised Nov 17 2014
-kuun • ADJ • crooked
Derivatives (4)
fithíhkuunhar "a man's name"
ikxaniyákuunich "sacred stones used in the ameekyaaraam salmon ceremony and in the Orleans world renewal (Kroeber & Gifford, 7, 37)"
yufívkuunay "straggly gooseberry"
yufívkuunich "'currant,' straggly gooseberry, also domestic gooseberry"
Source: WB 918, p.363
Note: Occurs only in compounds, e.g. vasíhkuun 'crooked back'.