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kimfíruraa to burn off (an animal's hair)
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lexicon ID #3838 | revised Aug 03 2015
kimfíruraa • V • to burn off (an animal's hair)
Derivation: | kimfir-uraa |
singe.(an.animal)-up |
- achvúun atipimáamvaan muxvâah ukímfiruraanik. Hookbill burned the hair off Buzzard's head long ago. [Reference: KT 125.16]
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xás u-'êechip xás ahíram-ak ú-yuunkuri pa-mu-xváa achvúun atipimámvaan mu-xvâa u-kimfíruraa-nik then 3s(>3)-pick.up then fireplace-Locative 3s(>3)-put.(long.object).in.fire the-3sPOSS-head hookbill.salmon buzzard 3sPOSS-head 3s(>3)-burn.off.(hair)-ANC And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text