Ararahih'urípih
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áhakuv / áhahkum- go to (a place)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #176 | revised Oct 31 2014

áhakuv / áhahkum- • V • go to (a place)

Derivative (1)
uh'áhakuv "name of one of the days in the new-year ceremony"

Source: WB33, p.315

  • áxak usúpaaha ukôoheesh víri vaa kári peehêeraha uvêenarati, pá'uuh u'áhakumti. On the eighth day he prays over tobacco, he goes toward tobacco. [Reference: TK 244.3]
  • uvêenati vúra poo'áhakumti peehêeraha hitíhaan vúra. He keeps praying all the time that he's walking toward the tobacco. [Reference: TK 244.19]

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  1. uh'áhakuv   
    going.toward.tobacco   
    name of one of the days of the new-year ceremony
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. uh'ípih   
    tobacco.bone   
    tobacco stem, tobacco stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  3. ípih   
    go.to.(place)   
    bone
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  4. vaa    tá    kun'áhakuv   
    so    PERF    they.went.there   
    They would go there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text