Ararahih'urípih
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tapu'ikfúuksiprivtihara pa'axákiichkaru name of a large dentalium

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lexicon ID #5687 | revised Dec 26 2015

tapu'ikfúuksiprivtihara pa'axákiichkaru MWU • name of a large dentalium

Literally: 'twelve beyond which one cannot go'

Derivation ta-pu-ikfúuksip-ti-hara pa-axakíichkaru  (= ta-pu-ikfuk-sip-ti-hara pa-axakíichkaru)
PERF NEG get.up.(from.lying)-DUR-NEG the size.of.dentalium  (= PERF NEG climb-up-DUR-NEG the size.of.dentalium)

Source: JPH mat 15:764