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Kiˊhi

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/kiːʰiː/ imputed
printed on:
  • 1-041 Cape Prince of Wales and the Eskimo village on it are called by Asiatic Eskimo Kiˊhi (cf. p. 30): hence Kīˊxmi
  • 1-041 comes to mean “the inhabitant of Kiˊhi.” In their own language, the inhabitants of Cape Prince of Wales call
  • 1-052 Kihiˊni (Eskimo, Kiˊhi¹), on an island of the same name: 3 houses (not mentioned in the Register).

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