Ararahih'urípih
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-raam place

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lexicon ID #5172 | revised Jun 26 2014

-raam • SUFF • place

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  1. uh-raam  
    tobacco-place  
    tobacco pipe of any kind
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. uh-thiishríh-raam  
    tobacco-put.aside-place  
    placename, where they put tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  3. uh-tayvará-raam  
    tobacco-spoil-place  
    placename, where they spoil tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  4. pa-ni-'áhoo-tih   pa-púufich   uum   pa-mu-'asím-naam   tá   ni-mah  
    NOMZ-1s(>3)-go-DUR   the-deer   3.SG   the-3sPOSS-go.to.bed-place   PERF   1s(>3)-see  
    When I was walking, I saw the deer's bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. víri-va   kumá'ii   kun-ípeen-ti   xúux   mu-krivruh-vá-nam-ich  
    so-so   because.of   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   placename   3sPOSS-roll-PL.ACT-place-DIM  
    For that reason they call it "xuux's little rolling-place."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text