Ararahih'urípih
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máan skin; bark (of a tree)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4148 | revised Jun 30 2005

máan • N • skin; bark (of a tree)

Derivatives (4)
amvámaan "salmon skin"
fathípmaan "manzanita bark"
ishxikiharámaan "sturgeon skin"
yúfmaan "split-open salmon head"

Source: WB 967, p.366; JPH mat 15:781

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. pa-mú-maan  
    the-3sPOSS-skin  
    Bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. máan  
    skin  
    skin; bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  3. mú-maan  
    3sPOSS-skin  
    its skin, its bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. u-máan-hi-tih  
    3s(>3)-skin-DENOM-DUR  
    It has skin. ; It has bark.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. xás   p-oo-kyívish   vúra   ípi   kích   káru   pa-mú-maan  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-fall.down   Intensive   bone   only   also   the-3sPOSS-skin  
    And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. pa-tá   kun-íthviish   kári   xás   vúra   athkúrikar   pa-tá   kun-íshfir   pa-mú-maan  
    NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-pack.home   then   then   Intensive   greasy   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-skin   the-3sPOSS-skin  
    When they brought it in, (the bear) was fat when they skinned its hide.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  7. xás   tá   kun-iyvaxávax   xás   pá-maan   tá   kun-ívyiih-shur  
    then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-rub.shelled.acorns   then   the-skin   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-off  
    Then they rubbed them, and the skins came off.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  8. pa-yáfus   uum   vúra   yítha   vúra   pufích-maan  
    the-dress   3.SG   Intensive   one   Intensive   deer-skin  
    The dress was just one deerskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text