Ararahih'urípih
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áapuchur / áapuchuru- to collapse

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lexicon ID #40 | revised Oct 31 2014

áapuchur / áapuchuru- • V • to collapse

Source: WB 119, p.319

  • pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur. Their woodpecker-scalp sun-shades suddenly collapsed. [Reference: T52.74]

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  1. xás    poofúmtaapsur    víri    yûuth    pootrûuputih    xánahich    axmáy    vaa    ukuupha    pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath    axmáy    u'áapuchur   
    then    when.he.blew    so    downriver.and.across-stream    as.he.looked.downriver    after.while    suddenly    so    they.did.it    their.woodpecker-head.sun-shades    suddenly    they.collapsed   
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text