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axvâahar / axvaahara- pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #972 | revised Oct 31 2014

axvâahar / axvaahara- • N • pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle

Derivation:  axváha-ar
pitch-having

Derivative (1)
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"

Source: WB 241.1, p.328

  • xás paaxvâahar uvêehish, tu'áahka. And he stuck the pitchwood in (the sand), he set fire to it. [Reference: WB T32.45]

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  1. yánava   u-sáanvu-ti   axvahara-xárah-sas  
    visible   3s(>3)-carry.(things)-DUR   ptich-wood-long-PL  
    (The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  2. xasík   p-aaxvahara-xárah-sas   ku-vêehkurih-eesh   yúux-ak   u-'ahí-tih-eesh  
    then.(future)   the-ptich-wood-long-PL   2pl(>3)-stick.into-FUT   dirt-Locative   3s(>3)-burn-DUR-FUT  
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. xasík   vaa   ík   vúra   kóo   káan   ku-'íin-eesh   p-aaxvâahar   t-óo   msípishri-haak   xasík   ku-pínaa-vish  
    then.(future)   so   must   Intensive   as.much.as   there   2pl(>3)-(two).be-FUT   NOMZ-ptich-wood   PERF-3s(>3)   cool.down-when   then.(future)   2pl(>3)-come.(pl.)-FUT  
    You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. xás   paa-xvâahar   u-vêeh-ish  
    then   the-ptich-wood   3s(>3)-stick-down  
    And he stuck the pitch-wood down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. sáruk   u-tfáku-tih   yánava   paa-xvâahar   kári   vâaram-as   u-vêehriv  
    downhill   3s(>3)-look.away.downhill-DUR   visible   the-ptich-wood   then   long-PL   3s(>3)-stand.(things)  
    She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text