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xupsáchriik / xupsachrih- land of the dead
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lexicon ID #6920 | revised Feb 04 2016
xupsáchriik / xupsachrih- • N • land of the dead
Literally: 'land of ancestors'
| Derivation: | xúupsach-riik | (= xúupsa-ach-rii-k) |
| ancestor-place | (= ancestor-DIM-place-LOC) |
- xupsáchriik nifyúkuti. I traveled among the dead; I dreamed of dead relatives or people. [Reference: JPH 015:828 (JF)]