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nisi-nspáskosin

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he is doubled armed [i.e. with a long knife or pistol inserted on the outside surface of the legging],

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  • nis shared opening cardinal numeral two;
  • nisahkʷihátαkan shared opening two inches, two lengths of the distal phalanx of the thumb, [
  • nisahkʷiləčáyi shared opening at/by/for in two fingerbreadths.
  • nisahkʷiləčáyi-kske shared opening it/measures two fingerbreadths.
  • nisáhkʷənaso shared opening he/it is/measures two yards/two arm lengths (measured from the nose to the extent of the tip of the
  • nisáyikane shared opening two fathoms (arms outstretched) twice, twelve feet.

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  • aláhkʷəsαwe related meaning: Knife he carves, does shaping in wood by knife or blade,
  • alíkəsαwe related meaning: Knife he saws (with a knife or saw),
  • atάkhike related meaning: Knife he throws, propels knives, slings,
  • áləsαwe related meaning: Knife he cuts (with a knife),
  • ketαlakəssésαwe related meaning: Knife he cuts off ears (with a knife),
  • kíhtawəso related meaning: Knife he sharpens (his axe, knife or tool) on a whetstone; (by connotation) he masturbates,

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