Ararahih'urípih
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fúrax woodpecker head or 'scalp'

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1344 | revised Oct 31 2014

fúrax N • woodpecker head or 'scalp'

Derivatives (11; show derivatives)

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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  1. 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 text
  2. pa--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 text
  3. îikam      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 text
  4. xás   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 text
  5. víri   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 text
  6. víri   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 text
  7. xás   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 text
  8. vúra   furax-múrax   pa--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
  9. vúra   furax-múrax   pa--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