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axvâaha / axvâahi- to lie with one's head pointing
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #970 | revised Oct 31 2014
axvâaha / axvâahi- • V • to lie with one's head pointing
| Derivation: | axvâah-ha |
| head-DENOM |
Derivatives (5)
axvaahápiithva "(people) lie with their heads in different directions"
axvâahiroov "to lie with one's head pointing upriver"
axvaahírupva "to lie with one's head downriverward"
axvâahuunih "go down head first"
ixvâahuunih "go down head first"
Source: WB242.1, p.328
Note: Bound stem, used with directionals.
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