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surukamyáfus woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5484 | revised Dec 11 2015
surukamyáfus • N • woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress
Literally: 'under-side dress'
| Derivation: | súrukam yáfus | (= su'-ruk-kam yáfus-a) |
| under dress | (= inside-DIR-side wear.dress-DEVERB) |
Source: WB 1248.3.3, p.380 ("woman's underwear"), Vina Smith 3/30/2012 ("slip, underskirt")
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