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yíkiha sickness
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lexicon ID #7092 | revised Feb 13 2016
yíkiha • N • sickness
| Derivation: | yíkiha-a | (= yiki-ha-a) |
| get.sick-DEVERB | (= yiki-DENOM-DEVERB) |
Derivative (1)
yikiheekrívraam "hospital"
Source: WB 1675, p.400
- ánav pamú'iithka, fâat vúra vaa kumayíkiha patuvúrayvahaak. Its feathers are medicine, whenever any kind of illness is going around. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 149]