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taxrat to flake arrowheads
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5785 | revised Dec 29 2015
taxrat • V • to flake arrowheads
Derivatives (2)
taxrátaan "a type of worm"
taxrátar "flaking instrument, made of horn with a handle"
Source: WB 1351, p.385
- vaa káan pakuntáxraatvanaatihanik úytaahkoo. They were making arrows at Mt. Shasta. [Reference: KS 33. Yellowjacket Picks Up Obsidians 001]
- kári xás patakunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati, kári xás asmaax, tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep. And when they were finished making arrows, Towhee (said,) "Let me pick up the arrow-making scraps." [Reference: WB T36.4]
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saak kun-táxraat-vunaa obsidian 3pl(>3s)-flake.arrowheads-PL They were attaching arrowheads. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textkári xás pa-tá kun-píkyaar pa-kun-táxraa-ti kári xás asmáax tîi kan-'ífik-i pa-taxrat-êep then then NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-finish NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-flake.arrowheads-DUR then then towhee let... 1s(>3)-pick.up-IMPER the-flake.arrowheads-refuse.from.-ing And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps". Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textkári xás u-táxraa-tih then then 3s(>3)-flake.arrowheads-DUR Then he attached arrowheads. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textp-óo-muus-ti p-oo-táxraa-ti pa-'áak u-tkírih NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.at-DUR NOMZ-3s(>3)-flake.arrowheads-DUR the-in.the.fire 3s(>3)-look.into.fire When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text