Ararahih'urípih
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yaaf acorn dough

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6994 | revised Feb 09 2016

yaaf N • acorn dough

Derivatives (2)
yaafhínamach "basket for acorn dough (dimin.)"
yaafhíram "basket for acorn dough"

Source: WB 1649, p.399

  • u'átivuti payaaf. She was packing the pounded but not yet cooked acorns {acorn dough}. [Reference: Dog talked 012]
  • ihêeraha vúra kári kóo u'uux payaaf. The acorn dough tastes as bad as tobacco. [Reference: TK 49.26]


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  1. yaaf "acorn dough" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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