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kimfíruraa to burn off (an animal's hair)
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lexicon ID #3838 | revised Aug 03 2015
kimfíruraa • V • to burn off (an animal's hair)
Derivation: | kimfir-uraa |
singe.(an.animal)-up |
- achvúun atipimáamvaan muxvâah ukímfiruraanik. Hookbill burned the hair off Buzzard's head long ago. [Reference: KT 125.16]
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xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkuri pamuxváa achvúun atipimámvaan muxvâa ukimfíruraanik then he.picked.him.up then in.the.fireplace he.held.it.in.the.fire his.head hookbill.salmon buzzard his.hair he.burned.it.off And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off. Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text