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yaayaahá'as / yaayaaha'asa- rock on the river opposite Orleans
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7020 | revised Feb 11 2016
yaayaahá'as / yaayaaha'asa- • N • rock on the river opposite Orleans
Literally: 'stuttering rock'
| Derivation: | yaayáaha-a as | (= yaa REP-ha-a as) |
| stutter-DEVERB rock | (= yaa REP-DENOM-DEVERB rock) |
Source: WB 1669.1, p.400
Note: Children were told that playing on this rock would make them stutter.