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[ xoʔjɑʔ ]
Noun

English: ivory

KLCP:

Level 3
Notes

Ivory isn’t necessarily from elephants only, though it stereotypically is. It could be made from the teeth (a tusk is a tooth, not a horn, pu’) of a several different mammals. So, unless the story specifically refers to ivory from elephant tusks, I’d go with Ho’ya’.

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