Ararahih'urípih
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xávish mock orange, "arrowwood"

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6857 | revised Feb 04 2016

xávish N • mock orange, "arrowwood" Philadelphus lewisii (Schenck and Gifford, no. 105).

Derivatives (9)
xavisharáthuuf "Ike's Gulch, a creek at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
xavish'íkfuutrathunapuh "macaroni (old word)"
xavishíthvar "slender twiglet of xávish, arrowwood"
xávishkunish "orange"
xavishpâasaha "arrowwood armor"
xavíshsuuf "pitch of arrowwood"
xavíshtiim "placename"
xavish'úhraam "simple arrowwood pipe, without a bowl"
xavishxúskaamhar "arrowwood bow"

Source: WB 1613, p.397; TK 135.28; JPH mat ?:778, pla 06:532

  • xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]


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  1. xás   pa-nunu-'ífunih   vúra   xávish   mûuk   nu-pákoo-tih   kíri   vâaram-as   u-'if   pa-nunu-'ífunih  
    then   the-1plPOSS-hair   Intensive   mock.orange   with.(by.means.of)   1pl(>3)-whip.hair-DUR   I.wish   long-PL   3s(>3)-grow   the-1plPOSS-hair  
    And we whipped our hair with syringa, (thinking), "Let our hair grow long!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  2.    nu-kíshap   pa-xávish   máruk   ahváraa-k      nu-píshunva  
    PERF   1pl(>3)-tie.in.a.bundle   the-mock.orange   uphill   hollow.tree-Locative   PERF   1pl(>3)-put.away  
    (Then) we tied up the syringa, we hid it in a hollow tree uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text