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yuxnáamha / yuxnáamhi- to be sandy
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lexicon ID #7258 | revised Feb 21 2016
yuxnáamha / yuxnáamhi- • V • to be sandy
| Derivation: | yúxnaam-ha | (= yúux nav-ha) |
| sand-DENOM | (= dirt be.flat.ground-DENOM) |
- xás yánava káan vúra yâak, uyúxnaamhiti. It was a lucky (good) place in there, there was sand inside. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 013]