Ararahih'urípih
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athkúrit fat, grease

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #779 | revised Nov 02 2005

athkúrit • N • fat, grease

Derivatives (5)
athkúritar "fatty, greasy"
athkuritárahiv "hunting season"
athkurit'ámvaan "gray jay (M, WB); or Clark's nutcracker (JPH)"
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
iknakarav'athkúrit "juice from joints of salmon backbone"

Source: WB 199, p.325

  • pamukunpatúmkir káru vúra athkúrit. Their pillows were fat too. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 128]

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  1. xás   pihnêefich   u-'áam-va   p-aathkúrit  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-eat-PL.ACT   the-fat  
    Then Coyote ate the fat.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. xás   sú'   p-óo-'uum   p-oo-tvárayva   pa-mukun-'ikrívkir   koovúra   athkurit-múrax   vúra  
    then   inside   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.around   the-3plPOSS-disk-seat   all   fat-nothing.but   Intensive  
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. pa-mukun-patúmkir   káru   vúra   athkúrit  
    the-3plPOSS-head-rest   also   Intensive   fat  
    Their pillows were fat too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. káru   pa-mukun-piykiríkir   vaa   káru   vúra   athkúrit  
    also   the-3plPOSS-ladder   that   also   Intensive   fat  
    And their ladder was fat too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. xás   káan   yánava   pa-mukun-patúmkir   káru   pa-mukun-'ikrívkir   athkúrit   u-kyâar-ahi-tih  
    then   there   visible   the-3plPOSS-head-rest   also   the-3plPOSS-disk-seat   fat   3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR  
    And he saw there that their pillows and their chairs were made of fat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. yánava   vúra   uum   taay   pa-'athkurit-patúmkir  
    visible   Intensive   3.SG   much   the-fat-head-rest  
    He saw there were lots of grease pillows.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. víri   pa-athkúrit   t-óo   thrîish  
    so   the-fat   PERF-3s(>3)   set.(liquid).down  
    So the fat ran together.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  8. xás   amyiv   káru   athkúrit   ta   kun-íyshar   xás   vaa   tá   kun-iyvúruk   pa-thúkinh-ak  
    then   soot   also   fat   PERF   3pl(>3s)-mix.with   then   so   PERF   3pl(>3s)-rub   the-tattoo-Locative  
    Then they mixed soot and grease, and they rubbed it on the tattoo.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text