Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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