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tuyvukmâam va'ahíram name of a fireplace near Orleans
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6172 | revised Nov 13 2015
tuyvukmâam va'ahíram • MWU • name of a fireplace near Orleans
Literally: 'tûuyvuk 'placename' uphill its-fireplace'
| Derivation: | tûuyvuk mâam va-ahíram | (= tuuy-vu-ak mâam va-áha-raam) |
| placename uphill 3sPOSS fireplace | (= mound-to-Locative uphill 3sPOSS burn-place) |
Source: JPH ethno ?:???
See túuyvuk 'village at Ullathorne Creek' See mâam 'a little uphill' See ahíram 'fireplace'