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-vaas -vaas is compounded with kinship terms in the meaning "with the connecting relative dead"

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lexicon ID #6400 | revised Aug 19 2014

-vaas • SUFF • -vaas is compounded with kinship terms in the meaning "with the connecting relative dead"

Derivatives (4)
atíshvaas "grand-relative through a deceased man, i.e. parent or parent's-sibling of a dead father, child of a dead son or nephew"
ishávaas "child of deceased sibling (term of address commonly used by Coyote)"
kítvaas "female grand-relative through a deceased woman; i.e., mother or aunt of a dead mother, daughter of a dead daughter or niece"
kútvaas "male grand-relative through a dead woman; i.e. father or uncle of a dead mother, son of a dead daughter or niece"

Source: WB G614.9

• paráhvaas brother of deceased father [Reference: WB G614.9]

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