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kuynâakich third-size dentalium
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lexicon ID #4104 | revised Oct 31 2014
kuynâakich • N • third-size dentalium
| Derivation: | kuyraak |
| three |
Note: Perh. equiv. to kuynakichka'íruh, kuynakichka'iruh'arákaas.
- apxaan áachipvarih kuynâakich káru kunthárihti. For half a basket, they pay a third-size dentalium. [Reference: TK 133.25]
See kuyraak 'three' See -ich 'Diminuitive'