Ararahih'urípih
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ihukûum do the flower dance

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lexicon ID #1596 | revised Sep 09 2014

ihukûum • V • do the flower dance

Derivation:  íhuk-ûum  (= ih-uk-ûum)
do.flower.dance--ûum  (= dance-to.here--ûum)

Source: WB 416.1.3, p.336

  • kári xás umah, yána ôok páy kun'íhukvunaati, ta'ítam u'ihukûumaheen. Then (Coyote) saw that people were having a flower dance here, so he flower-danced. [Reference: WB T5.72]

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  1. ta'ítam   u-'ihukûum-aheen  
    so   3s(>3)-do.flower.dance-ANT  
    So he flower-danced.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text