amakɨ path, trail, or road. This term was traditionally used for [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Irregular Plural	amakɨya
Root	amakɨ
Semantics Note	This term contrasts with the similarly glossed <niíkuma> in that it denotes the cleared spatial region that constitutes the path, while <niíkuma> denotes a directed path trajectory

• • path, trail, or road. This term was traditionally used for forest paths and trails, but has been extended in to include roads and highways

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