Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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