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ávansa man (i.e., an adult human male)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #833 | revised Oct 31 2014
ávansa • N • man (i.e., an adult human male)
Derivatives (2)
avansapírish "plant species having seeds which adhere to clothing; used by men for love medicine"
avansáxiich "boy (of pre-pubertal age)"
Source: WB 206, p.326
- xás kunkúha pa'ávansas, xás áxak vúra kuntáanva. And the men got sick, and they both died. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 002]
Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (106)