Origin:
twá- (with a pointed instrument) + nɨká- (to anipulate, pull) + páa (to be separate)
Definition:
Part the hair, part the hair in the middle.
Example:
- itwánkapaša ‘she is parting hair (not her own)’;
- pátwankapaša ‘she is parting his hair’;
- pinátwankapaša ‘he is parting his own hair’;
- čáw átwankapak miyánašna ‘don’t part the baby’s hair’ (the elders used to say this).
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Usually pronounced twánkapa.
[NP /cepépex̣ck/.]