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xúumvar / xúumvara- to be a hollow
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lexicon ID #6962 | revised Feb 09 2016
xúumvar / xúumvara- • V • to be a hollow
| Derivation: | xuv-vara |
| be.groove-in.through |
Derivative (1)
xuumvárooha "to be a gulch"
- yuxmifyâak vúrahanik pooxuumvárahanik pishîich. It was black sand down in a hollow place first (referring to the riverbed, before the river was created). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:350]