Ararahih'urípih
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arareekrívraam family house, living house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #539 | revised Sep 21 2014

arareekrívraam • N • family house, living house

Literally: 'people-house'

Derivation:  áraar ikrívraam  (= áraar ikrii-raam)
human house  (= human live-place)

Source: JPH mat ?:753

Note: Equiv. to ikrívraam 'house'.

See áraar1 'person'

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  1. pa-'arareekrívraam   uum   pu-'á'hinva-hara   yakún   pa-'íivhar   ipshûunkinich-as  
    the-family.house   3.SG   NEG-high-NEG   you.see   the-board   low-PL  
    The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text