LekhoriLekhoriA surname transferred from the nickname.
Potable water; water intended for drinking
In very dry seasons some drinkwater is brought from wells dug in the bed of the river, about half-an hour from the village.
Small, rural, and insignificant.
And for a moment it seemed that everything would be all right, that we were traveling back in time to that idyllic farm near a drinkwater town in Iowa, back to my boyhood, and that Mina would always smile up at me from her bed.
From drink + water, a nickname given to a pauper or miser, unable or unwilling to afford beer; or alternatively, a nickname given to an innkeeper or a noted tippler.
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