Ararahih'urípih
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asip'akramníhaan young boy assistant in the Orleans world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #668 | revised May 07 2014

asip'akramníhaan N • young boy assistant in the Orleans world-renewal ceremony (Kroeber & Gifford, p. 7)

Literally: 'one who reaches into a bowl basket'

Derivation ásip aakrámnih-aan  (= ásip ak-rámnih-aan)
bowl reach.into-Agentive  (= bowl do.with.hands-into-Agentive)

Source: WB 156.2, p.323

See aakrámnih 'to reach in'