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axváha pitch (as of the pine tree), also gum, asphalt, and bitumin
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #981 | revised Oct 13 2015
axváha • N • pitch (as of the pine tree), also gum, asphalt, and bitumin
Derivatives (6)
apxantiich'axváha "tar"
axvâahar "pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle"
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
axváhaha "to make sticky"
axváhahar "pitchy (full of pitch)"
axváhich "placename"
Source: WB 241, p.328; JPH mat ?:727; JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i, 54
- xás sununúpninach uptaxváhchak axváha mûuk. She closed the ground-level sweat-door with pitch. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 034]
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kúna vúra patapasihêeraha uum kúnish axváhahar tíikyan ár uxváhahiti patu'áffishahaak patapasihêeraha in.addition Intensive the.real.tobacco 3.SG sort.of having.been.made.sticky in.the.hand person it.makes.it.sticky when.one.touches.it the.real.tobacco But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full textpamuxváha its.pitch Gum Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full texttóo xváhaha its.has be.pitchy It is gummy. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textvaa kunippítti imxathakkêem ikpíhan peheeraháaxvaha so they.are.saying bad-smelling strong the.tobacco.gum They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textvaa kári xás kunxúti tóo mtup peehêeraha patá kunma tóo xváhaha so then then they.are.saying it.has be.ripe the.tobacco when.[they].have they.saw.it it.has be.pithy Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textxás tóo ppiip chími nishtúkkeesh tóo xváhaha then it.has say soon I.will.pick.it it.has be.pitchy Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy." Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full textta'ítam axváha ukyâaheen so pitch he.gathered.it Then he got pitch. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full texthinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih surprise PAST the.pitch with.(by.means.of) he.sealed.it.up surprise that that.it.was.burning There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás yánava káan axvaha'ípaha u'íihya then visible there pitch.tree it.stood And he saw a pitch tree standing there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textyánava axvahátaay visible a.lot.of.pitch He saw there was a lot of pitch. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás axváha upishnápchak then pitch he.put.it.on.himself.as.a.patch So he plugged it up with pitch. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textchími vaa u'íinka pa'axváha pamu'áfup soon so it.burned the.pitch his.buttocks Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textyánava usáanvuti axvaharaxárahsas visible she.was.carrying long.pitch-woods (The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak u'ahítiheesh then.(future) the.long.pitch-woods you.will.stick.them.into.it in.the.sand it.will.burn You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxasík vaa ík vúra kóo káan ku'íineesh paaxvâahar tóo msípishrihaak xasík kupínaavish then.(future) so must Intensive as.much.as there you.two.will.stay when.the.pitch-wood it.has cooled.down then.(future) you.will.come.back You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás paaxvâahar uvêehish then the.pitch-wood he.stuck.it.down And he stuck the pitch-wood down. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textsáruk utfákutih yánava paaxvâahar kári vâaramas uvêehriv downhill she.was.looking.downhill visible the.pitch-wood then long.ones they.stand She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkári xás pakunípthith kári xás axváha kuniyvúruk then then they.finished.weaving then then pitch they.rubbed.it And when they finished weaving, they smeared it with pitch. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textkóova uthvuyxâaha pamúyuup axváha mûuk kuniptáxvah so she.grieved.for.him her.eyes pitch with.(by.means.of) they.sealed.them.up She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text