Ararahih'urípih
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táhpuus young fir tree; fir bough

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5568 | revised Dec 20 2015

táhpuus N • young fir tree; fir bough

Derivatives (2)
tahpúsip "young fir tree; also limbs of big fir trees"
tahpúsipith "Douglas fir tree 2 to 4 feet high or smaller"

Source: WB 1274, p.382; JPH pla 06:399

Note: Equiv. to tahpúsip.


Sentence examples (5)

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  1. xás   yánava   pa-'átimnav-ak   u-máhyaan-ahi-ti   táhpuus  
    then   visible   the-pack-basket-Locative   3s(>3)-put.in-ESS-DUR   young.fir.tree  
    And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  2. xás   pa-   kun-píkniihva-haak   -'aah      kun-íkyav   vaa   kun-íhruuv-ti   tahpus-'áptiik  
    then   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-sweat.self-when   the-fire   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make   so   3pl(>3s)-use-DUR   young.fir.tree-branch  
    And when they sweated themselves, they made the fire, they used fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  3. xás   máh'iit   chí   nu-piyâaram-eesh   xás   táhpuus   nu-páthraamu-tih  
    then   morning   soon   1pl(>3)-go.back.(two.people)-FUT   then   young.fir.tree   1pl(>3)-wrap.hair.with-DUR  
    Then in the morning we were going to leave, and we wore our hair bound with fir boughs.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  4. xás   pa-nanu-páthraam   pa-táhpuus      nu-vêehkurih  
    then   the-1plPOSS-hair-wrapping   the-young.fir.tree   PERF   1pl(>3)-stick.into  
    And we stuck in the fir boughs from our hair-binding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  5. naa   ni--ti   Herbert   u-'aahk-ôo-ti   pa-táhpuus  
    1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   Herbert   3s(>3)-set.fire.to-PL.ACT-DUR   the-young.fir.tree  
    I think Herbert is burning fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text