Gnaw through, gnaw off, cut with the teeth (Jacobs 1929:216:18); break off, tear off, eliminate (Y); castrate. natútas ipłɨ́x̣ix̣ana šyapɨ́špški ana kú pačáx̣ƛ̓kayix̣ana k̓úsima ‘my father used to treat with Indian parsnip when they would cut (castrate) his horses’; áčax̣ƛ̓ka ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ‘they bit him all over’ (Jacobs 1937:17.3.5, pg. 35).
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