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uuy hill, mountain
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6351 | revised Nov 11 2005
uuy • N • hill, mountain
Derivatives (7)
asá'uuy "a placename"
asa'uy'ikhúnipaach "placename"
asa'uy'íkhuraa "ridge leading up the hill, along which the spirits of the dead pass upon leaving this world"
á'uuyich "Sugarloaf, a mountain near Somes Bar"
ishramaká'uuy "Shelton Butte"
sa'tím'uuy "the lower peak of Offield Mountain"
a'uy'ípan "top of Sugarloaf Mountain"
Source: WB 1510, p.392; TK xxxiv.17
Note: Cf. tuuy 'mound', túuyship 'mountain'.
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