Ararahih'urípih
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kah'ínaam placename near Clear Creek

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lexicon ID #3717 | revised Mar 02 2015

kah'ínaam • N • placename near Clear Creek

Literally: 'upriver world-renewal place'

Derivation:  kah-inaam  (= kah-ir-raam)
upriver placename  (= upriver celebrate.world-renewal-place)

Source: WB 835.3, p.358

Note: Equiv. to inaam.

  • pahûut mit kunkupítihat pakunipíraanvutihat mít pánuu kuma'áraaras pakah'árahsa kóova, kah'ínaam pata'írahivhaak. How our kind of people used to trade with the upriver people at the Clear Creek new year ceremony. [Reference: TK 128.20]

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  1. ú-thvuuy-ti   kah'ínaam  
    3s(>3)-be.named-DUR   placename  
    (The place) is called kah'ínaam (Clear Creek).
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text