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uhtatváraar / uhtatvarara- tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes

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lexicon ID #6205 | revised Nov 17 2015

uhtatváraar / uhtatvarara- • N • tobacco tonging inserter, i.e. sticks used in sweathouse to light pipes

Derivation:  úuh tâat-vara-ar-a
tobacco handle.with.implement-in.through-INST-DEVERB

Source: TK 45.22

  • kúna peekmaháchraam vasápik uum yíth úthvuuyti, uhtatváraar úthvuuyti, a'várih peethvuy. But the sweathouse poker stick has a different name, it's called a "tobacco tonging inserter", it's a "high name". [Reference: TK 189.2, JPH mat ?:208]
  • xavish'áhup poohtatváraar. The tobacco tonging inserter is made of arrowwood. [Reference: TK 189.5]