Dictionary entry
saa-mey-yohl 'o 'ue-mey-yoo • np • 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")