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asiktávaanha / asiktávaanhi- to marry a woman
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lexicon ID #657 | revised Oct 31 2014
asiktávaanha / asiktávaanhi- • V • to marry a woman
| Derivation: | asiktávaan-ha | (= áas iktav-aan-ha) |
| woman-DENOM | (= water hold.in.hand-Agentive-DENOM) |
- vaa múrax vúra uxútih, púya íf yáv tani'asiktávaanhiti. "He was just thinking, 'My, am I marrying well!'" [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 031]