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xuxikvunvanayvánaamich placename
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lexicon ID #6987 | revised Feb 09 2016
xuxikvunvanayvánaamich • N • placename
Literally: 'Grizzly's-little-suffering-around- place'
| Derivation: | xuux ikvuunvárayva-raam-ich | (= xuux ikvur-várayva-raam-ich) |
| grizzly be.in.death-throes-place-DIM | (= grizzly ikvur-here.and.there-place-DIM) |
- payêem vaa úthvuuyti, xuxikvunvanayvánaamich. Now it is called "Grizzly's-Little-Suffering-Around- Place". [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 256]