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fúrax woodpecker head or 'scalp'
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lexicon ID #1344 | revised Oct 31 2014
fúrax • N • woodpecker head or 'scalp'
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Source: WB 370, p.333; JPH ani 06:623
- pamúsaanva furaxmúrax. Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 073]
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koovúra pa-niní-shaanva ishpúk kam-ikxúrikar-ahi-ti káru fúrax all the-1sPOSS-carry.(things) dentalium.shells 3s(>3)-decorate.with-ESS-DUR also woodpecker.head Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!" Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textpa-mú-saanva furax-múrax the-3sPOSS-carry.(things) woodpecker.head-nothing.but Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textîikam tá kun-p-iru-kûurish yukún vaa kun-kupi-tih fúrax mukun-pikshipíkmath outdoors PERF 3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down you.see so 3pl(>3s)-do-DUR woodpecker.head 3plPOSS-sun-shade They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textxás p-oo-fúmtaapsur víri yûuth p-oo-trûupu-tih xánahich axmáy vaa u-kuupha pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath axmáy u-'áapuchur then NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow so downriver.and.across-stream the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR after.while suddenly so 3s(>3)-do the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade suddenly 3s(>3)-collapse And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textvíri pa-mu-'ífuni fúrax kích u-távahi-tih so the-3sPOSS-hair woodpecker.head only 3s(>3)-be.decorated.(hair)-DUR His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textvíri pa-kun-p-ûusur fúrax kích u-távahi-ti pa-mu-'ifunih-'ípan so NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-ITER-take.off woodpecker.head only 3s(>3)-be.decorated.(hair)-DUR the-3sPOSS-hair-end When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textxás furáx-vaas ú-kyav káru furax-yukúku káru furax-vánakaar then woodpecker.head-blanket 3s(>3)-make also woodpecker.head-shoe(s) also woodpecker.head-turtleneck.sweater So he made a woodpecker-head blanket, and woodpecker-head shoes and a woodpecker-head vánakaar (a shirtlike garment). Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúra furax-múrax pa-mú-saanva Intensive woodpecker.head-nothing.but the-3sPOSS-clothing His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúra furax-múrax pa-mú-saanva Intensive woodpecker.head-nothing.but the-3sPOSS-clothing His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text