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The Apache people have no experience of longbows, since they have never been part of Apache culture and they therefore have no word with that meaning - just like modern Europeans have no word for the alcove in a Japanese house where a small household shrine is kept.

Apache bows are always very short, due to the lack of suitable wood for longbows. Words meaning simply "bow" are:

Apache....................ilh-tí

Jicarilla......................it-kin-chái

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