Ararahih'urípih
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táhpuus young fir tree; fir bough

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5568 | revised Dec 20 2015

táhpuus • N • young fir tree; fir bough

Derivatives (2)
tahpúsip "young fir tree; also limbs of big fir trees"
tahpúsipith "Douglas fir tree 2 to 4 feet high or smaller"

Source: WB 1274, p.382; JPH pla 06:399

Note: Equiv. to tahpúsip.

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. xás    yánava    pa'átimnavak    umáhyaanahiti    táhpuus   
    then    visible    in.the.burden.basket    it.is.stuffed.in    young.fir.tree   
    And he saw fir branches sticking in the burden basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  2. xás    patá    kunpíkniihvahaak    pá'aah    tá    kuníkyav    vaa    kuníhruuvti    tahpus'áptiik   
    then    when    when.they.sweat.themselves    the.fire    PERF    they.make    so    they.use    fir.boughs   
    And when they sweated themselves, they made the fire, they used fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  3. xás    máh'iit    chí    nupiyâarameesh    xás    táhpuus    nupáthraamutih   
    then    morning    soon    we.(two).will.return    then    young.fir.tree    we.were.wrapping.our.hair.with.it   
    Then in the morning we were going to leave, and we wore our hair bound with fir boughs.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  4. xás    pananupáthraam    patáhpuus    tá    nuvêehkurih   
    then    our.hair-wrapping    the.fir.boughs    PERF    we.stuck.them.in   
    And we stuck in the fir boughs from our hair-binding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  5. naa    nixúti    Herbert    u'aahkôoti    patáhpuus   
    1sg.    I.think    Herbert    he.is.burning.them    the.fir   
    I think Herbert is burning fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text