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tav / tava- visor worn by girl in the flower dance ceremony
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lexicon ID #5758 | revised Dec 28 2015
tav / tava- • N • visor worn by girl in the flower dance ceremony
| Derivation: | tav-a |
| wear.visor-DEVERB |
Source: JPH mat 07:479
- paaxíitichas kích uumkun vúra táv kunikyâatihanik. Only the children used to make a visor (by weaving flowers with string). [Reference: TK 72.35]
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paxiitíchas kich uumkun vúra táv kun'ikyâatihanik,
kunvíiktihanik peethríhar aanmûuk,
aksanváhich,
kár axpaheekníkinach,
káru tiv'axnukuxnúkuhich,
xás vaa yúpin tá kunpúuhkhin.
Only the children used to make a vizor, weaving the flowers with string, shooting stars, and white lilies, and bluebells, and they put it around their foreheads.Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text