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saa-mey-yohl 'o 'ue-mey-yoo

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saa-mey-yohl 'o 'ue-mey-yoonp • a child born while its widowed mother was still cutting her hair

Lexicon record # 2950 | Source reference(s): RS(ALK1939-2:16)
Semantic domain: people
Derivation: literally, "widow's pregnancy" (saa-mey-yohl "widow with her hair cut quite short, above the shoulder", mey-yoo "be pregnant")