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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.
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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 textxás pa-tá kun-píkniihva-haak pá-'aah tá 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 textxás 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 textxás pa-nanu-páthraam pa-táhpuus tá 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 textnaa ni-xú-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