iwahcharayeh
Translation to be so many thousands (lit. to be so many wampum belts) Part of speech particle Semantic category numbers Note This particle needs to be preceded by a number to specify the amount of wampum belts in question (see examples). See also ahchara’ "wampum belt" skwahcharat "one thousand (lit. one wampum belt)" tewahcharayeh "to be two thousand (lit. to be two wampum belts)"
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[ndahk i-wah-cha-RA-yeh] | quatre milles (4 000), litt. quatre colliers de wampum |
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