Ararahih'urípih
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pikshipíkmath sun-shade; shade tree

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4874 | revised Jul 06 2005

pikshipíkmath • N • sun-shade; shade tree

Source: WB 1127.1, p.373

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  1. îikam   tá   kun-p-iru-kûurish   yukún   vaa   kun-kupi-tih   fúrax   mukun-pikshipíkmath  
    outdoors   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-PL-sit.down   you.see   so   3pl(>3s)-do-DUR   woodpecker.head   3plPOSS-sun-shade  
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  2. xás   p-oo-fúmtaapsur   víri   yûuth   p-oo-trûupu-tih   xánahich   axmáy   vaa   u-kuupha   pa-mukun-furax-pikshipíkmath   axmáy   u-'áapuchur  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-blow   so   downriver.and.across-stream   the-3s(>3)-look.downriver.from.here-DUR   after.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   the-3plPOSS-woodpecker.head-sun-shade   suddenly   3s(>3)-collapse  
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text