Ararahih'urípih
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vuhvúha deerskin dance; (in particular) jump dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6642 | revised Jan 14 2016

vuhvúha • N • deerskin dance; (in particular) jump dance

Derivation:  vuhvúha-a
do.jump.dance-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
vuhvuhákaam "jump dance"

Source: WB 1566.1, p.395; TK 46.18

Note: Equiv. to vuhvúhinaa.

  • ithyáruk pootkárati yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivti. When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 057]

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  1. ithyáruk   p-oo-tkára-tih   yánava   pa-vuhvúha   t-u-'íship-va   u-thítiim-ti   pa-kun-íhyiiv-tih  
    across   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR   visible   the-deerskin.dance   PERF-3s(>3)-be.in.line-PL.ACT   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-shout-DUR  
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   kun-ipéer   mâa   kâam   vuhvúha   u-kyáa-ti   pa-kúth   i-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   look!   little.upriver   deerskin.dance   3s(>3)-make-DUR   NOMZ-because.of   2s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text