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árav / arava- weft of a basket
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lexicon ID #551 | revised Oct 31 2014
árav / arava- • N • weft of a basket
| Derivation: | árav-a |
| weave.with.three.strands-DEVERB |
Source: JPH ethno ?:220
- xás arava'ávahkam tanipxúriphiroov, kuyrákyaan tanipxúriphiroov. Then I make vertical stripes around on top of the three-strand twining, I make vertical stripes three times around. [Reference: TK 119.12]
See árav2 'to weave with three strands'