Ararahih'urípih
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sípaam grinding slab; hopper-basket rock, a flat rock on which the bottomless hopperbasket is set for grinding acorns

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5418 | revised Dec 03 2015

sípaam • N • grinding slab; hopper-basket rock, a flat rock on which the bottomless hopperbasket is set for grinding acorns

Derivative (1)
sipáamha "(moon) to be full"

Source: WB 1232, p.379; JPH mat ?:753

  • kúnish nanishípaam tuyuunhíti. My grinding slab is sort of crooked. [Reference: WB T24.38]

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  1. kári   xás   kíxumnipaak   kúuk   u-'uum   pa-sípaam   u-thaanêe-rak  
    then   then   corner.of.house.pit   to   3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-grinding.slab   3s(>3)-put-where  
    And he went to the corner, where the grinding slab lay.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   ú-snak   pa-sípaam  
    then   then   3s(>3)-put.aside   the-grinding.slab  
    And she pushed aside the mortar.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   ú-muus-ti   pa-mu-sípaam  
    then   then   3s(>3)-look.at-DUR   the-3sPOSS-grinding.slab  
    And he looked at his grinding slab.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   u-píip   hûu huhûu   kúnish   nani-sípaam   t-u-yuunhí-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   owl's.cry   sort.of   1sPOSS-grinding.slab   PERF-3s(>3)-be..lopsided-DUR  
    And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text