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páah boat; canoe
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4413 | revised Nov 08 2005
páah • N • boat; canoe
Derivatives (4)
áhpaah "steamship"
iknukápaah "dugout boat, made from a log"
ithivthanéenpaah "car, automobile"
iviththanéenpaah "automobile"
Source: WB 1039, p.369; JPH mat 07:177-8, 15:730
Note: Contrast paah 'peppernut'.
- cháem, maník nikyâavish pamípaah, páh'anamahach. Then she said, "All right, I'll make your boat, a little boat." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 032]
- xás kunipêer, chími páahak váramnih. And they told him, "Get in the boat." [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 150]
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