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yiipáhvuuf rotten roots of the lowland fir
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lexicon ID #7083 | revised Feb 12 2016
yiipáhvuuf • N • rotten roots of the lowland fir
| Derivation: | yîip ahvuuf | (= yív-iip ahvuuf) |
| fir.sp. ahvuuf | (= yív-tree ahvuuf) |
Source: WB 1676.1, p.401
Note: Cf. kíshvuuf 'medicine_root ; root'
- kári xás máruk ukyâar yiipáhvuuf. And he went uphill to get rotten fir roots. [Reference: WB T34.21]
- káruma u'iikívti, yiipahvuf'ímyah. The fact was, he was wearing a necklace, a heart of rotten fir roots. [Reference: WB T34.70]
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kári xás máruk u-kyâar pa-yiipáhvuuf then then uphill 3s(>3)-go.gather the-rotten.roots So he went uphill to get rotten fir roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textkáruma u-'iikív-tih yiipahvuf-'ímyah in.fact 3s(>3)-wear.necklace-DUR rotten.roots-breath The fact was, he was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textpa-pirishkâarim mú-mya t-óo thyúruripaa t-u-fúhish pa-yuuxmachmahánnach u-píkshaayvu-tih uum áhup u-'iikív-tih yiipahvuf-'ímyah the-grizzly 3sPOSS-breath PERF-3s(>3) pull.out PERF-3s(>3)-believe NOMZ-lizard.sp. 3s(>3)-tell.lie-DUR 3.SG wood 3s(>3)-wear.necklace-DUR rotten.roots-breath He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text