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páy nanu'ávahkam áhootihanik moon
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lexicon ID #4727 | revised Mar 01 2016
páy nanu'ávahkam áhootihanik • MWU • moon
Literally: 'he who travels in the sky'
| Derivation: | páy_nanu'ávahkam áhoo-ti-anik | (= pay nanu-avah-kam áhoo-ti-anik) |
| sky go-DUR-ANC | (= this 1plPOSS above-side go-DUR-ANC) |
- vúra xára vúra utapkûuputihanik páy nanu'ávahkam áhootihanik. She [Frog] liked him for a long time, the Moon. [Reference: Frog and Moon 001]
See pay nanu'ávahkam 'in the sky' See áhoo 'to travel' See kúusrah 'sun, moon' See ikxarámkuusrah 'moon'