Ararahih'urípih
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sípaam grinding slab; hopper-basket rock, a flat rock on which the bottomless hopperbasket is set for grinding acorns

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5418 | revised Dec 03 2015

sípaam • N • grinding slab; hopper-basket rock, a flat rock on which the bottomless hopperbasket is set for grinding acorns

Derivative (1)
sipáamha "(moon) to be full"

Source: WB 1232, p.379; JPH mat ?:753

  • kúnish nanishípaam tuyuunhíti. My grinding slab is sort of crooked. [Reference: WB T24.38]

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  1. kári    xás    kíxumnipaak    kúuk    u'uum    pasípaam    uthaanêerak   
    then    then    corner.of.house.pit    to    he.went    where.the.grinding.slab    where.it.lay   
    And he went to the corner, where the grinding slab lay.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    úsnak    pasípaam   
    then    then    she.pushed.it.aside    the.grinding.slab   
    And she pushed aside the mortar.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    úmuusti    pamusípaam   
    then    then    he.was.looking.at.it    his.grinding.slab   
    And he looked at his grinding slab.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upíip    hûu huhûu    kúnish    nanisípaam    tuyuunhítih   
    then    then    he.said    owl's.cry    sort.of    my.grinding.slab    it.is.out.of.position   
    And he said, "hûu huhûu, my grinding slab is sort of crooked."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text