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itháriip Douglas fir tree
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lexicon ID #3233 | revised Feb 09 2015
itháriip • N • Douglas fir tree Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Schenck and Gifford, no. 18).
Literally: 'fir-bark tree'
Derivation: | íthan-iip |
fir.bark-tree |
Derivatives (6)
ichániipich "little fir tree, 15 to 20 feet high"
ichaníp'uusich "fir cone"
itharip'arákaas "old fir tree"
itharípriik "fir forest"
ithariptiríhmaam "placename, above Chenach Creek"
itharipvákay "Douglas fir worm"
Source: WB 763.1, p.354; JPH pla 06:399
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kári xás u-piip chími ikúrinishrih-i itháriip then then 3s(>3)-say soon fall.across-stream-IMPER Douglas.fir And he said, "Fall down, fir tree!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textchavúra u-máh yánava ithyáruk u-kúripaa-hi-ti itháriip finally 3s(>3)-see visible across 3s(>3)-be.headed.to.shore-ESS-DUR Douglas.fir Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text