Ararahih'urípih
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fúrax woodpecker head or 'scalp'

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1344 | revised Oct 31 2014

fúrax • N • woodpecker head or 'scalp'

Derivatives (11; show derivatives)

Source: WB 370, p.333; JPH ani 06:623

  • pamúsaanva furaxmúrax. Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 073]

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  1. koovúra    paniníshaanva    ishpúk    kamikxúrikarahiti    káru    fúrax   
    all    my.clothes    dentalium.shells    let.it.be.decorated.with.it    also    woodpecker.head   
    Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. pamúsaanva    furaxmúrax   
    her.clothes    nothing.but.woodpecker-heads   
    Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. îikam    tá    kunpirukûurish    yukún    vaa    kunkupitih    fúrax    mukunpikshipíkmath   
    outdoors    PERF    they.sit.down.again    you.see    so    they.are.doing.it    woodpecker.head    their.sun-shades   
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. xás    poofúmtaapsur    víri    yûuth    pootrûuputih    xánahich    axmáy    vaa    ukuupha    pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath    axmáy    u'áapuchur   
    then    when.he.blew    so    downriver.and.across-stream    as.he.looked.downriver    after.while    suddenly    so    they.did.it    their.woodpecker-head.sun-shades    suddenly    they.collapsed   
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. víri    pamu'ífuni    fúrax    kích    utávahitih   
    so    his.hair    woodpecker.head    only    it.was.decorated   
    His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. víri    pakunpûusur    fúrax    kích    utávahiti    pamu'ifunih'ípan   
    so    when.they.took.it.off    woodpecker.head    only    it.was.decorated    the.ends.of.its.hair   
    When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  7. xás    furáxvaas    úkyav    káru    furaxyukúku    káru    furaxvánakaar   
    then    woodpecker-head.blanket    he.made.it    also    woodpecker-head.shoes    also    woodpecker-head.vánakaar   
    So he made a woodpecker-head blanket, and woodpecker-head shoes and a woodpecker-head vánakaar (a shirtlike garment).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. vúra    furaxmúrax    pamúsaanva   
    Intensive    nothing.but.woodpecker-heads    his.clothing   
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. vúra    furaxmúrax    pamúsaanva   
    Intensive    nothing.but.woodpecker-heads    his.clothing   
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text