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sárip hazel twigs
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lexicon ID #5323 | revised Nov 10 2005
sárip • N • hazel twigs
Source: WB 1215; JPH pla 08:420
- patuyshipnee'ípanich vasárip vaa uum ipshûunkinichas káru úruhsas. The hazel twigs from the mountain top are short and stubby. [Reference: WB T85.5]
- sárip sú' uhyâarahiti, xáy sú' uvúunvar uhramsúruvarak patákan. They put a hazel stick inside, so the glue won't run into the pipe. [Reference: TK 157.15]
Sentence examples (17)
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hûut ata vaa pa-sárip i-tâarahi-va how maybe so the-hazel.twigs 2s(>3)-have-PL.ACT You've gotta have the sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playni-xú-ti hárivarih-va sárip ni-sháan-kurih-at íshaha-k 1s(>3)-think-DUR when-INDEF hazel.twigs 1s(>3)-carry.(things)-into.water-PAST water-Locative [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playvaa mukun-ikyáviichva akâayva vúra tá kun-sáruk pa-mukun-sárip so 3plPOSS-work anyone Intensive PERF 3pl(>3s)-bring.(things) the-3plPOSS-hazel.twigs That was their job, different people brought them their sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | PlayYou can't tell, xâat xára i-shanpíithva pa-sárip You can't tell, may long.time 2s(>3)-carry.(things).around the-hazel.twigs You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playtá ni-paathkúrih-aheen pa-nani-shárip PERF 1s(>3)-throw.into-ANT the-1sPOSS-hazel.twigs Then I threw in my sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playxás áas u-páathkurih xás koovúra u-píktit pa-sárip then water 3s(>3)-throw.into then all 3s(>3)-tear.up the-hazel.twigs And she threw it in the water, and she unwove all the sticks. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playpa-'ifápiit-sha sárip tá kun-ishtúk-an-va the-young.unmarried.woman-PL hazel.twigs PERF 3pl(>3s)-pick-go.to-PL.ACT The young women went gathering hazel sticks. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full texttá kun-turíshriihva pa-sárip PERF 3pl(>3s)-carry.loads.of.wood the-hazel.twigs They carried home the hazel sticks in burden baskets. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full textpa-kúnish itharípriik vaa uum káan sarip-yêepshas NOMZ-like fir.forest so 3.SG there hazel.twigs-good.(pl.) The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpa-tuyshipnee'ípanich vaa uum káan sarip-kêem-shas the-mountain.peak so 3.SG there hazel.twigs-bad-PL There are bad hazel twigs there on the hilltop. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textvaa kumá'ii pa-yêepshas pa-sárip itharípriik aayâach vaa uum vâaram-sas káru xúnutich so because.of NOMZ-good.(pl.) the-hazel.twigs fir.forest it.was.because so 3.SG long-PL also flexible.(dimin.) The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpa-tuyshipnee'ípanich va-sárip vaa uum ipshûunkinich-as káru úruh-sas the-mountain.peak 3sPOSS-hazel.twigs so 3.SG low-PL also round-PL The hazel twigs of the hilltop are short and stubby (lit., round). Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textnaní-taat mít kin-'ípeen-tih-at tuyshipnee'ípanich uum sarip-kêem-shas 1sPOSS-mother near.past 3>1pl-say.to-DUR-PAST mountain.peak 3.SG hazel.twigs-bad-PL My mother used to tell us, "They are bad hazel sticks on the hilltop." Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textaxak-hárinay xás tá nú-stuk pa-sárip two-year then PERF 1pl(>3)-pick the-hazel.twigs Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpa-sárip tá kun-íshtuuk-vunaa kun-'ipátsiiprina-tih the-hazel.twigs PERF 3pl(>3s)-pick-PL 3pl(>3s)-break.with.nails-DUR They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpa-sárip-'atimn-ak pa-kun-túunfak the-hazel.twigs-pack-basket-Locative NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-carry.(wood).down.from.uphill They carried them downhill in hazel-twig burden baskets. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textpa-mukun-'ápxaan u-kyâar-ahi-ti sárip káru sárum the-3plPOSS-cap 3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR hazel.twigs also Jeffrey.pine.root Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots. Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text