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avithxúpar / avithxupara- cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #848 | revised Oct 31 2014
avithxúpar / avithxupara- • N • cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head
Literally: 'face-coverer'
| Derivation: | áav ithxup-ar-a |
| face cover-INST-DEVERB |
Source: JPH ethno ?:739; JPH mat ?:737