Ararahih'urípih
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páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif name of a mythical personage

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lexicon ID #4728 | revised Mar 01 2016

páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif • MWU • name of a mythical personage

Literally: 'sky wolf-black'

Derivation:  páy_nanu'ávahkam va-ikxâavnamich-miif  (= pay nanu-avah-kam va-ikxâav-rav-a-ich-miif)
sky 3sPOSS wolf-black  (= this 1plPOSS above-side 3sPOSS ikxâav-in-DEVERB-DIM-black)

Source: WB 1104.5.1, p.372

See ikxáavram 'wolf' See -miif 'black'

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  1. xás vaa ukúphaanik páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif.
    And páy nanu'ávahkam veekxavnamíchmiif (name of an ikxaréeyav, probably "black little-wolf of the sky") did this.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text