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(from '''''kaashukapi''''' -- '''''kaashu''''' “to be hazardous, deadly” +  '''''kap''''' “palm of the hand” + '''''i''''' "a people"; lit. “the people who are to you as the slapping hand is to an insect,” the pre-contact nickname given to the inhabitants of [[Sabmiqys]])
 
(from '''''kaashukapi''''' -- '''''kaashu''''' “to be hazardous, deadly” +  '''''kap''''' “palm of the hand” + '''''i''''' "a people"; lit. “the people who are to you as the slapping hand is to an insect,” the pre-contact nickname given to the inhabitants of [[Sabmiqys]])
 
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# (Low Vilani slang) certain death.
 
# (Low Vilani slang) certain death.
  
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Revision as of 17:31, 16 March 2013

Vilani

Etymology

(from kaashukapi -- kaashu “to be hazardous, deadly” + kap “palm of the hand” + i "a people"; lit. “the people who are to you as the slapping hand is to an insect,” the pre-contact nickname given to the inhabitants of Sabmiqys)

Adjective

Gashukubi (Anglic: Gashukubi)

  1. (Low Vilani slang) certain death.

Related Terms

References

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  • Challenge Magazine No. 28: Sector to Sector