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xúnyav acorn of the tan oak tree
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lexicon ID #6913 | revised Feb 04 2016
xúnyav • N • acorn of the tan oak tree
| Derivation: | xuun yav |
| acorn.soup good |
Derivatives (3)
xunyêep "tan oak tree"
xunyeep'áxviish "tan oak bark"
xunyêepshurukhitihan "prince's pine, pipsissewa, umbellate wintergreen"
Source: JPH pla 06:522; ethno ?:???
Usage: Less commonly used than xuntápan..
- káru uum xúnyav púva tákukanik pamúpxaan. And Tan Oak hadn't cleaned out her hat yet. [Reference: KM 5.22]
- xunyavxúrish (= xunyavxuntapanxúrish) shelled tan oak acorn [Reference: TK 59.12]
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