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asipánaxich snail (live animal or empty shell)
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lexicon ID #671 | revised May 07 2014
asipánaxich • N • snail (live animal or empty shell)
Literally: 'little cooking basket'
| Derivation: | asipárax-ich | (= ásip párax-ich) |
| cooking.basket-DIM | (= bowl lick.off.cooking.stones-DIM) |
Source: WB 156.4.1, p.323; JPH ethno ?:160
- asipánaxich muvásih snail's shell (lit. 'back') [Reference: JPH ani 06:755]