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chancháaksur / chanchaksura- roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1073 | revised Oct 31 2014

chancháaksur / chanchaksura- • V • roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house

Derivation:  chancháaksur-a  (= chan-chak-sur-a)
close.roof-hatch-DEVERB  (= chan-closing.up-off-DEVERB)

Source: WB 274.1.1, p.329

  • xás canchaaksúrak u'árihrupuk. And she flew out through the smokehole. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 027]

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  1. kári   xás   u-píip   kach-kach-kach-kach   xás   áak   chanchaaksúr-ak   u-'árihrupuk  
    then   think.about   3s(>3)-say   kach-kach-kach-kach   then   in.the.fire   roof-hatch-Locative   3s(>3)-rush.outdoors  
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. ta'íttam   pihnêeffich   ú-kyiimnupri-heen   chanchaaksúr-ak  
    so   coyote   3s(>3)-be.propelled.in.through-ANT   roof-hatch-Locative  
    Then Coyote fell through the living-house roof hole.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   chanchaaksúr-ak   xás   u-'árihrupuk   kchkchkchkch  
    then   then   roof-hatch-Locative   then   3s(>3)-rush.outdoors   kchkchkchkch  
    Then (Blue Jay) jumped out through the smokehole, "kchkchkchkch!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  4. xás   p-óo-'uum   chanchaaksúr-ak   u-tnûupnih  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   roof-hatch-Locative   3s(>3)-look.through  
    And when he arrived, he looked in through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. xás   chanchaaksúr-ak   kun-ishkurúhruuprih-va   pa-mukun-'átimnam  
    then   roof-hatch-Locative   3pl(>3s)-haul.up.by.straps-PL.ACT   the-3plPOSS-pack-basket  
    Then they pulled their burden baskets up through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  6. p-óo-'uum   chanchaaksúr-ak   p-oo-tfúnuk-va   pa-mukun-'iinâak   vúra   uum   ú-m'aax-varayva  
    NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   roof-hatch-Locative   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.indoors-PL.ACT   the-3plPOSS-indoors   Intensive   3.SG   3s(>3)-red-hot-here.and.there  
    When he arrived, when he looked inside through the smokehole, it was red all over inside their house (by reflection from his clothing).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   u-'árihshipriv   kachakâach   chanchaksúr-ak   u-'árihrupuk   kchkchkchkchkch  
    then   then   3s(>3)-jump.up   bluejay   roof-hatch-Locative   3s(>3)-rush.outdoors   kchkchkchkchkch  
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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