Ararahih'urípih
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kusrípan madrone tree

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4039 | revised Aug 22 2005

kusrípan • N • madrone tree Arbutus menziesii (Schenck and Gifford, no. 179) .

Derivatives (3)
kusripánsaan "madrone leaf"
kusrípish "madrone berry"
kusripish'amáyav "near Camp Creek"

Source: WB 933, p.364; JPH pla 06:548

  • ... káru hâari kusrípan, pakóo u'áapunmuti, vaa kóo u'uhyanakôovish. ... and sometimes madrone, as many (trees) as he knows, that many he is going to pray over. [Reference: TK 231.35]

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  1. kusripán'ahup    kuntúrish   
    madrone.wood    they.finished.gathering.wood   
    They brought in madrone wood.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kusrípan    uum    itháan    avansahanik   
    madrone.tree    3.SG    once    was.a.man   
    Madrone was once a man.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  3. kusrípan    uum    vúra    itíhaan    uvunayvîichvutih   
    madrone.tree    3.SG    Intensive    always    he.was.wandering.idly   
    Madrone was always wandering around idly.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  4. xás    xárahirurav    usínmoo    kusrípan   
    then    for.too.long    he.was.absent    madrone.tree   
    But Madrone stayed away too long.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  5. hôoy    kích    kusrípan   
    where    only    madrone.tree   
    Where was Madrone?
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  6. xás    kusrípan    upíip    chími    kanipvâarami   
    then    madrone.tree    he.said    soon    let.me.go.back.home   
    And Madrone said, "Let me go back home!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  7. kusrípan    upkêevish   
    madrone.tree    he.turned.into.it   
    He turned into a madrone tree.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  8. víri    vaa    vúra    kumakári    kumáheesh    kusrípan    itíhaan    kumahárinay    tu'ur   
    so    so    Intensive    still    you.will.see.him    madrone.tree    always    its.year    he.peels   
    You will see him that way still, every year he peels.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text