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axavnuksúnukich placename, target station near Katimin
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lexicon ID #890 | revised Jun 26 2014
axavnuksúnukich • N • placename, target station near Katimin
Literally: 'under the landslide'
Derivation: | áxavruk súruk-ich | (= áxav-ruk su'-ruk-ich) |
áxavruk under-DIM | (= collapse-DIR inside-DIR-DIM) |
Source: JPH pla 06:448; ethno
- payêem vúra vaa úthvuuyti axavnuksúnukich peethívthaaneen. Now Under-the-Slide is the name of the place. [Reference: Obsidian Blade-Making Place 016]