Ararahih'urípih
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xáas-ha / xáas-hi- to be a gap (between sticks, in weaving)

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lexicon ID #6733 | revised Jan 26 2016

xáas-ha / xáas-hi- V • to be a gap (between sticks, in weaving)

Derivation xáas-ha
wide-spaced-DENOM

  • pavúra hôoy vúra kúnish tooxáas-ha, kári kúkuum yítha tanihyákurih. Whenever there seems to be a gap (in weaving), I stick another (hazel twig) in. [Reference: TK 116.31]