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xavish'íkfuutrathunapuh macaroni (old word)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6859 | revised Feb 04 2016
xavish'íkfuutrathunapuh • N • macaroni (old word)
Literally: 'arrowwood rammings'
| Derivation: | xávish ikfúutrathun-apuh | (= xávish ikfut-ra-thun-apuh) |
| mock.orange ram.out-having.been.-ed | (= mock.orange push--ra-around-having.been.-ed) |
- vaa kunkupeethvúyaanahiti makarúna pakéevniikichas káru papihnîichichas, xavish'íkfuutrathunapuh. That's what the old women and the old men used to call macaroni, "arrowwood rammings." [Reference: TK 142.18]