Ararahih'urípih
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xakan'ásiv / xakan'asiva- lover, paramour

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lexicon ID #6769 | revised Feb 02 2016

xakan'ásiv / xakan'asiva- N • lover, paramour

Literally: 'together-lying'

Derivation xákaan ásiv-a  (= áxak-aan ásiv-a)
both go.to.bed-DEVERB  (= two-Agentive go.to.bed-DEVERB)

Source: WB 1586.1, p.396