Ararahih'urípih
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chancháaksur / chanchaksura- roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house

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lexicon ID #1073 | revised Oct 31 2014

chancháaksur / chanchaksura- • V • roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house

Derivation:  chancháaksur-a  (= chan-chak-sur-a)
close.roof-hatch-DEVERB  (= chan-closing.up-off-DEVERB)

Source: WB 274.1.1, p.329

  • xás canchaaksúrak u'árihrupuk. And she flew out through the smokehole. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 027]

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  1. kári    xás    upíip    kach-kach-kach-kach    xás    áak    chanchaaksúrak    u'árihrupuk   
    then    think.about    he.said    kach-kach-kach-kach    then    in.the.fire    roof-hatch    he.rushed.outdoors   
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. ta'íttam    pihnêeffich    úkyiimnupriheen    chanchaaksúrak   
    so    coyote    he.fell.in.through.it    at.the.roof.hatch   
    Then Coyote fell through the living-house roof hole.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    chanchaaksúrak    xás    u'árihrupuk    kchkchkchkch   
    then    then    through.the.smokehole    then    she.rushed.outdoors    kchkchkchkch   
    Then (Blue Jay) jumped out through the smokehole, "kchkchkchkch!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  4. xás    póo'uum    chanchaaksúrak    utnûupnih   
    then    when.he.arrived    in.the.smokehole    he.looked.in.through.it   
    And when he arrived, he looked in through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. xás    chanchaaksúrak    kunishkurúhruuprihva    pamukun'átimnam   
    then    in.the.smokehole    they.hauled.them.up.by.the.straps    their.burden.baskets   
    Then they pulled their burden baskets up through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  6. póo'uum    chanchaaksúrak    pootfúnukva    pamukun'iinâak    vúra    uum    úm'aaxvarayva   
    when.he.arrived    at.the.smokehole    when.he.looked.indoors    their.indoors    Intensive    3.SG    it.was.red.around   
    When he arrived, when he looked inside through the smokehole, it was red all over inside their house (by reflection from his clothing).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    u'árihshipriv    kachakâach    chanchaksúrak    u'árihrupuk    kchkchkchkchkch   
    then    then    she.jumped.up    bluejay    at.the.door    she.rushed.outside    kchkchkchkchkch   
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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