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- Bahuvrihi comment "A bahuvrihi compound (from Sanskrit बहुव्रीहि, bahuvrīhi, literally meaning \"much rice\" but denoting a rich man) is a type of compound that denotes a referent by specifying a certain characteristic or quality the referent possesses. A bahuvrihi is exocentric, so that the compound is not a hyponym of its head. For instance, a sabretooth (smil-odon) is neither a sabre nor a tooth, but a feline with sabre-like teeth.".