Ararahih'urípih
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áxruuh gray squirrel

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #956 | revised Nov 03 2005

áxruuh • N • gray squirrel Sciurus griseus (ITIS).

Source: WB 236, p.328; JPH ani 06:827

  • áxruuh áhup mûuk kuníktiinvuti. They were throwing sticks at the gray squirrels. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 055]

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  1. áxruu   áhup   mûuk   kun-íktiin-vu-ti  
    gray.squirrel   wood   with.(by.means.of)   3pl(>3s)-hit.by.throwing-PL.ACT-DUR  
    (Weasel met two boys who were trying to hunt gray squirrels, but had no bows.) They were throwing sticks at the gray squirrels.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  2. xás   u-piip   chími   kúniihk-i   pa-'áxruuh  
    then   3s(>3)-say   soon   shoot.at-IMPER   the-gray.squirrel  
    And he said, "Shoot the gray squirrels."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text