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apsunxárah long snake, legendary giant serpent called a "boa constrictor" by one consultant
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #450 | revised Sep 19 2014
apsunxárah • N • long snake, legendary giant serpent called a "boa constrictor" by one consultant
Literally: 'long snake'
| Derivation: | ápsuun-xárah |
| snake-long |
Derivatives (2)
apsunxárak "plant sp."
apsunxara'ímkaanva "plant sp., green dock; or perhaps tibinagua"
Source: WB 116.5, p.319; JPH ethno
- xâatik apsunxarah'îin neexvírip. Maybe {I hope} big snake will swallow me down. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 008]
- yEEnaa apsunxárah káan úkhuroovuti. Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 042]
See ápsuun 'snake' See -xárah 'long'
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yée naa apsunxára káan ú-kuroovu-tih well 1sg. long.snake there 3s(>3)-be.headed.upriver-DUR "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textu-thyúruripaa pa-'apsunxára 3s(>3)-pull.out the-long.snake He hauled out the long snake. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textyánava apsunxarah-túnviiv visible long.snake-children He saw it was baby long-snakes. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full textkári xás apsunxarah-'îin kun-'av then then long.snake-TOPIC 3pl(>3s)-eat But she was eaten by a long snake Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text