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kúfip velvet willow, river willow "pussy willow"
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3953 | revised Jun 24 2015
kúfip • N • velvet willow, river willow "pussy willow" Salix sitchensis var. coulteri (Schenck and Gifford, no. 65).
Derivation: | kuuf-iip |
skunk.sp.-tree |
Derivatives (3)
kufipfúrax "a plant, red willow"
kufipnára "willow sp."
kufípriik "willow grove"
Source: WB 909, p.358; TK 54.35; JPH pla 06:521
- xás uyúhish pá'aah kufipshúruk. And he spat out the fire under a willow. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 060]
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xás u-yúhish pá-'aah kufip-shúruk then 3s(>3)-spit.out the-fire velvet.willow-under And he spat out the fire under a willow. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás p-eethyáruk kun-itkára-ti axmáy ú-mkuufha kufípriik then NOMZ-across 3pl(>3s)-look.into.river-DUR suddenly 3s(>3)-give.off.smoke willow.grove And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás pa-mú-paa u-p-íkvaatsip kufípn-iich xás u-thárish then the-3sPOSS-boat 3s(>3)-ITER-put.on.shoulder willow.grove-DIM then 3s(>3)-put.down And he picked up his boat, and put it down in a willow grove. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text