Ararahih'urípih
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pikshipíkmath sun-shade; shade tree

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4874 | revised Jul 06 2005

pikshipíkmath • N • sun-shade; shade tree

Source: WB 1127.1, p.373

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  1. îikam    tá    kunpirukûurish    yukún    vaa    kunkupitih    fúrax    mukunpikshipíkmath   
    outdoors    PERF    they.sit.down.again    you.see    so    they.are.doing.it    woodpecker.head    their.sun-shades   
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  2. 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