Snap the eyes. A sign of disapproval. ilɨ́k̓pšna áčaš ‘she snapped her eyes’; ilɨ́k̓plɨk̓pša ‘he keeps blinking, the car has its blinkers on’. [Cf. NP /lq̓´pc/, /lk̓´pc/ ‘blink, snap the eyes’ (participle).]
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