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xánthiip black oak or its acorn
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6813 | revised Feb 03 2016
xánthiip • N • black oak or its acorn Quercus kelloggii.
Derivative (1)
xanthípriik "black oak grove"
Source: WB 1597, JPH pla 06:522, ethno
Note: Sounds like xánthiip 'beetle sp.'
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páy kóo pa-xánthiip páy yítha kóo pa-xánthiip káan u-'íihya this as.much.as the-black.oak this one as.much.as the-black.oak there 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object) There's an oak tree, there's an oak tree standing there. Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Playxánpuut káru xánthiip itheekxarám-va vúra pá-kun-vik maul.oak.acorn also black.oak all.night-Distributive Intensive NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-weave Maul Oak and Black Oak wove day and night. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textxánpuut kípa fâat pa-mú-pxaan káru xánthiip maul.oak.acorn like what the-3sPOSS-cap also black.oak Maul Oak and Black Oak had beautiful caps. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full textpa-panamnih-imthatváram uum vaa káan u-kyâasipree-hi-ti pa-Georgia mu-tasa-'îikukam xás yúruk pa-xánthiip u-'iihy-írak u-'ípanhi-tih the-Orleans-shinny.field 3.SG so there 3s(>3)-begin-ESS-DUR the-Georgia 3sPOSS-fence-outdoors then downriver NOMZ-black.oak 3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)-where 3s(>3)-extend-DUR The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text