Braid (rope). iwapsíca taxʷɨ́sna ‘he braided the dogbane’; iwapsítsa tutanikmí tamastkáwas ‘he is braiding his lariat of hair’; ku ana pmáy pawačá aniłá pawapsícɨnx̣ana lúup ‘and they who were crafters used to braid rope’; wapsíci tamastkáwas ‘braided lariate’. [Y wapsík; NP /wex̣ʷpx̣ʷ´pi/.]
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