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asúf'iish salmon backbone meat
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lexicon ID #711 | revised Oct 14 2014
asúf'iish • N • salmon backbone meat
| Derivation: | a-suuf íish |
| a- backbone flesh |
- patupuyâarahaak píshiich, papúva íshunvaphaak, víri vaa apmáan kuniyvúruktiheesh pa'asúf'iish. When first he dies, when they haven't buried him yet, they should smear the salmon backbone meat on his mouth. [Reference: KM 32.24]