Ararahih'urípih
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máan skin; bark (of a tree)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4148 | revised Jun 30 2005

máan • N • skin; bark (of a tree)

Derivatives (4)
amvámaan "salmon skin"
fathípmaan "manzanita bark"
ishxikiharámaan "sturgeon skin"
yúfmaan "split-open salmon head"

Source: WB 967, p.366; JPH mat 15:781

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  1. pamúmaan   
    its.bark   
    Bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. máan   
    skin   
    skin; bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  3. múmaan   
    its.bark   
    its skin, its bark
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. umáanhitih   
    it.has.bark   
    It has skin. ; It has bark.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. xás    pookyívish    vúra    ípi    kích    káru    pamúmaan   
    then    when.he.landed    Intensive    bone    only    also    his.skin   
    And when he landed, he was just bones and his skin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. patá    kuníthviish    kári    xás    vúra    athkúrikar    patá    kuníshfir    pamúmaan   
    when    they.carry.it.in    then    then    Intensive    greasy    when.PERF    they.skin.it    its.skin   
    When they brought it in, (the bear) was fat when they skinned its hide.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  7. xás    tá    kuniyvaxávax    xás    pámaan    tá    kunívyiihshur   
    then    PERF    they.rubbed.the.red.skin.off.of.them    then    the.skins    PERF    they.came.off   
    Then they rubbed them, and the skins came off.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  8. payáfus    uum    vúra    yítha    vúra    pufíchmaan   
    the.dress    3.SG    Intensive    one    Intensive    deer.skin   
    The dress was just one deerskin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text