Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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 | Play
  2. xánpuut   káru   xánthiip   itheekxarám-va   vúra   -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 text
  3. xánpuut   kípa   fâat   pa--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 text
  4. pa-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