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yáfus / yafusa- woman's dress
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lexicon ID #7028 | revised Feb 11 2016
yáfus / yafusa- • N • woman's dress
| Derivation: | yáfus-a |
| wear.dress-DEVERB |
Derivatives (4)
axyusyáfus "pine-nut dress"
furaxyáfus "red satin dress"
sirikayáfus "silk"
surukamyáfus "woman's underwear, slip, underskirt of a woman's dress"
Source: WB 1650.2, p.399; TK 6.6; JPH mat 07:420
- xás pamukunyafusayêepsha vúra uum yâamach ukyâahahiti. And their good dresses were made pretty. [Reference: WB T86.5]
- yuxtháran, vaa páy kôok kumayuxtháran payáfusak ukrixavkôohiti. Abalone pendants of the kind that are hung on women's dresses. [Reference: TK xxxi.34]
Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (13)