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yuxchánanich small pendant made of abalone shell
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7251 | revised Feb 21 2016
yuxchánanich • N • small pendant made of abalone shell
Literally: 'little abalone'
| Derivation: | yuxtháran-ich |
| abalone-DIM |
Source: JPH mat 07:420
- yuxchánanich, vaa páy kôok ifuniha'ípanich kunishkáskooti pa'asiktávaansa. Abalone pendants, of the kind that women bunch at the end of their hair. [Reference: TK xxxi.137]