Ararahih'urípih
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thúkinkunish blue, green, yellow

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6017 | revised Apr 16 2024

thúkinkunish • ADJ • blue, green, yellow

Literally: 'like bile'

Derivation:  thúkin kúnish
bile sort.of

Derivatives (2)
chavanichthúkinkunish "a type of worm"
xanchifchúkinkunishich "type of frog"

Source: WB 1469.4, p.390; TK xxxiv.32; JPH mat 7:363

Note: JPH uses as applied to 'blue paint'.

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  1. pa-yáan   vúr   u-'íif-ti-haak   puxxích   thúkkinkunish   p-eheeraha-'íppa   pa-chím   u-imtúpp-eesh-ahaak   vaa   kári   taváttavkunish  
    NOMZ-recently   Intensive   3s(>3)-grow-DUR-when   very.much   blue-green   the-tobacco-tree   NOMZ-soon   3s(>3)-be.ripe-FUT-when   so   then   light-colored  
    When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  2. yukún   p-eethívthaaneen   vúra   thúkinkunish   xás   kúnish   ûumukich  
    you.see   the-land   Intensive   blue-green   then   sort.of   near  
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text