Ararahih'urípih
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axvâahuunih go down head first

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #976 | revised Mar 12 2014

axvâahuunih V • go down head first

Derivation axvâaha-unih  (= axvâah-ha-unih)
lie.with.head.pointing-down  (= head-DENOM-down)

Source: WB242.1.1, p.328

Note: With irreg. morphophonemics.

  • tîi kanaxvâahuunihi. 'Let me go down head first!' [Reference: T9.51]