Ararahih'urípih
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amtápnihich ashy place (dimin.)

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lexicon ID #353 | revised Jun 18 2024

amtápnihich • N • ashy place (dimin.)

Derivation:  ámtaap-rii-ich
dust-place-DIM

  • xeechíchnihich, amtápnihich, pámitva káan ikúk kun'áhkoot. It's soft ground, an ashy place, where they burned the log. [Reference: TK 86.5]

See ámtaap 'ashes' See -rih 'place' See -ich 'diminutive'

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  1. kári    xás    ahinámtiich    vúra    ukrêenik    amtápnihich   
    then    then    edge.of.the.fireplace    Intensive    he.sat    ashy.place   
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text