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uhnamtunvêech cigarettes
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6199 | revised Nov 17 2015
uhnamtunvêech • N • cigarettes Variant: uhnamtunvêechas.
Literally: 'small pipes'
| Derivation: | uhraam-tunvêech | (= úuh-raam túnviiv-ach) |
| pipe-small.(pl.) | (= tobacco-place children-DIM) |
- nikvárarukti ithamáhyaan vúra poohnamtunvêech. I've come to buy a pack of cigarettes. [Reference: TK 273.10]