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kúut (variant kûut) male grand-relative (grandfather, grandson) through a woman; i.e., mother's father, mother's uncle, daughter's son, or niece's son.

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lexicon ID #4095 | revised Sep 30 2014

kúut • N • male grand-relative (grandfather, grandson) through a woman; i.e., mother's father, mother's uncle, daughter's son, or niece's son.

Variant kûut (lexicon ID #7408)

Derivatives (5)
amnaykûutich "Indian name of Bluff Creek Tom"
ipkutpíyaan "great-grand-relative through a woman, i.e. daughter's grandson or mother's grandfather"
kútvaas "male grand-relative through a dead woman; i.e. father or uncle of a dead mother, son of a dead daughter or niece"
kúut-ha "to have a skin eruption (e.g. pimples, the itch)"
kúutach "diminutive of male grand-relative (grandfather, grandson) through a woman; i.e., mother's father, mother's uncle, daughter's son, or niece's son."

Source: WB 942, p.364

Note: The word also occurs with the accentuation kûut. The diminutive is kúutach 'male_grandfather_through_woman ; grandfather ; grandson' . Possessive plural: nanikúutiivshas 'my daughter's sons' (see -iivshas 'PLUR' ).

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