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lukiyab
/lukiab/
n.
 
n.
the cavities formed along the edge of a stream when roots of the reeds (tibehew) overhang the bank and the water
cf. tikeba
Eng. cavity under overhanging roots; riverbank, cavities in; roots, cavities caused by; reeds, cavities caused by
OCM: Ethnogeography (823)
DDP: River (1.3.1.3)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
adj.
(lukiyaben, -en) there's a lot of overhanging roots in a specific river
Eng. overhanging roots, many
Data Qual: is this the name of a specific river? Then is n
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,NJK,QDL,NJK
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009