iwahcharayeh

  • Translationto be so many thousands (lit. to be so many wampum belts)
    Part of speechparticle
    Semantic categorynumbers
    NoteThis 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)"
ExamplePrononciationTranslationSound
[ndahk i-wah-cha-RA-yeh]quatre milles (4 000), litt. quatre colliers de wampum
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