Ararahih'urípih
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takiríraam acorn leaching hole; leaching tray (large circular flat openwork basket)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5590 | revised Dec 20 2015

takiríraam • N • acorn leaching hole; leaching tray (large circular flat openwork basket)

Literally: 'leaching-place'

Derivation:  tákir-raam
leach.(acorn.meal)-place

Derivative (1)
takinínaamich "placename on Salmon River"

Source: JPH mat 15:690; JPH, KS_05, a'iknêechan, fn. 24

  • xás tanupiyxôorar patakiríram, xás pananupáthraam patáhpuus tanuvêehkurih. And we covered up our leaching-hole, and we stuck in the fir boughs from our hair-binding. [Reference: WB T83.28]

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  1. That's what I use   arareemváram   that's my   takiríraam  
    That's what I use   plate.basket   that's my   acorn-leaching.hole  
    That's what I use, an Indian plate; that's my leaching tray.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. vaa   p-oo-tákiram-tih  
    so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-acorn-leaching.hole-DUR  
    That's what she soaked dough in.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri   manâa   pu-ná-'aapunmu-tih-ara   xás   vúra   xás   kôok   pa-tákiram   vúra   kun-ikyâa-ti  
    so   maybe   NEG-1s(>3)-know-DUR-NEG   then   Intensive   then   kind   NOMZ-acorn-leaching.hole   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR  
    I don't know what kind they make for a soaking basket
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. vaa   p-eemváram   kích   vaa   uum   kích   ni-xú-ti   vaa   tákiram  
    so   the-plate   only   so   3.SG   only   1s(>3)-think-DUR   so   acorn-leaching.hole  
    All I know about plates is for soaking acorn dough
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. vaa   pa-yíth   kôok   kun-íhruuv-tih-anik   pa-tákiram  
    so   the-other   kind   3pl(>3s)-use-DUR-ANC   the-acorn-leaching.hole  
    They used to use a different kind of soaking basket.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás   takiríram   t-óo   kyav  
    then   acorn-leaching.hole   PERF-3s(>3)   make  
    And they made a leaching-hole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  7. xás   tá   nu-p-iyxôorar   pa-takiríram  
    then   PERF   1pl(>3)-ITER-cover   the-acorn-leaching.hole  
    And we covered our leaching-hole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text