Ararahih'urípih
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impur / impura- acorn flour; now also wheat flour, perhaps originally flour from grass seeds

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2484 | revised Dec 19 2014

impur / impura- • N • acorn flour; now also wheat flour, perhaps originally flour from grass seeds

Derivatives (3)
impúrak "a place upriver from Happy Camp"
impurávaas "flour sack"
tahéempur "powdery snow"

Source: WB 589, p.345

Note: Cf. ikpur 'acorn flour'.

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  1. xás    peempúr    kin'ákih   
    then    the.flour    they.gave.them   
    And (the whites) gave them flour.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  2. xás    pakunpávyiihma    xás    kunpiyvêeshrihva    peempúr   
    then    when.they.came.back    then    they.poured.it.out    the.flour   
    And when they got home, then they poured out the flour.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  3. peempurávaas    patuvuhvúhinaa    púyava    patakuníkviipvarayva    púyava    tá    kunsíchakvutva    vaa    tá    kunipyáfus   
    the.flour.sacks    when.they.did.the.deerskin.dance    you.see    when.they.carried.blades.in.the.deerskin.dance    you.see    PERF    they.put.them.around.their.waists    so    PERF    they.put.them.on.as.dresses   
    And when they did the deerskin dance, when they carried the obsidian blades, they wore the flour bags around their waist, they put them on that way, as dresses.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text