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sasípiithva / sasipîithvu- to spiral around, said of a string of frog eggs
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lexicon ID #5344 | revised Oct 31 2014
sasípiithva / sasipîithvu- • V • to spiral around, said of a string of frog eggs
Source: JPH ani 06:429
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áan-kunish sú' u-sasípiithva áachip áan-kunish u-'ishipváraa-hi-ti koovúra v-oo-kupí-ti pa-mu-pírish áachip áan-kunish u-'ishipváraa-hi-tih string-like inside 3s(>3)-spiral.around middle string-like 3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR all so-3s(>3)-do-DUR the-3sPOSS-plant middle string-like 3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textxás pa-'iinâak ah-'ávahkam u-sasípiithva taskana-tunvêech-as then the-indoors fire-over 3s(>3)-spiral.around pole-small.(pl.)-PL And on the inside, above the fire, little poles were stretched around. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text