Ararahih'urípih
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fíthih foot, toe; track; also used as a measure word in the sense of "twelve inches."

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1321 | revised Nov 03 2005

fíthih • N • foot, toe; track; also used as a measure word in the sense of "twelve inches."

Derivatives (9)
anachfíthih "basket design element (O'Neale, fig. 13i)"
chishihfíthih "plant sp."
fichihán'anamahach "little toe"
fithiháxpih "toenail"
fithihíkpak "generative organs of the male salmon"
fithíhkaam "big toe"
fithíhkuunhar "a man's name"
fithíhroov "to be tracks upriverward from here"
fithíhuunih "to go down feet first"

Source: WB 360, p.333

Note: Locative form can be fíthik, instead of expected fíthihak.

  • fíthik tanéemchax. My feet got burned. [Reference: KS31. Coyote Calls Birds 041]

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  1. purafátaak    vúra    pamukunfíthih   
    nowhere    Intensive    the.their.tracks   
    No tracks anywhere.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. Xás    vúra    umúustih    húukava    patá    kunívyiihma    mukunfíthih   
    then    Intensive    he.is.looking.at    to.somewhere    that.PERF    they.are.going.to    their.footprints   
    And he's looking at where they're going, their footprints.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  3. káruma    íp    uum    tóo    yuunkat    ahtúun    pamufithih'ípan   
    in.fact    PAST    3.SG    he.had    put.them.in    oak.bark    his.toes   
    He had put oak bark in his toes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    aah    mûuk    koovúra    u'aahkóonaa    pamukunfíthi    pakuníkviit-hinaa   
    then    then    fire    with.(by.means.of)    all    he.burned.them    their.feet    while.they.slept   
    So he burned all their feet with fire while they slept.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text