Ararahih'urípih
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chivchaksurúraam door

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1187 | revised Mar 18 2014

chivchaksurúraam • N • door

Literally: 'door-opening place'

Derivation:  chivcháaksur-raam  (= chiv-chak-sur-raam)
open.door-place  (= peek-closing.up-off-place)

Derivatives (2)
ikxurikachivchaksurúraam "post office"
tasachivchaksurúraam "gate"

Source: WB 308.3.1, p.331

Note: Equiv. to chivcháaksur, chivchákar.

  • xás ithváaykam pachivchaksurúraam vúra ipshûunkinich pakáan kunvôonkurihvuti. And at the front (of the sweathouse) there was a door, just low, where they crawled in. [Reference: WB T76.4]

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  1. xás   ithváaykam   pa-chivchaksurúraam   vúra   ipshûunkinich   pa-káan   kun-vóonkurih-vu-tih  
    then   front   the-door   Intensive   low   NOMZ-there   3pl(>3s)-crawl.in-PL.ACT-DUR  
    And in front, there was a low door, where they went in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text