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xávish mock orange, "arrowwood"
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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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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 texttá nu-kíshap pa-xávish máruk ahváraa-k tá 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