Ararahih'urípih
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sárum root of Jeffrey pine, used in basketry

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5333 | revised Apr 26 2005

sárum • N • root of Jeffrey pine, used in basketry

Derivative (1)
sarum'ápxaan "woman's work cap (O'Neale, pp.41-42) "

Source: WB 1217, p.377; JPH pla 06:497

  • xás pasárum víri vaa pa'ásip kunvíikti. And they weave baskets from the pine root. [Reference: WB T24.46]

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  1. xás    pasárum    víri    vaa    pa'ásip    kunvíiktih   
    then    the.roots.of.Jeffrey.pine    so    so    the.baskets    they.are.weaving.them   
    And they weave the baskets of pine roots.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. xás    uxús    tîi    máruk    chinach'ásak    kánpaathkirihi    paninisárum   
    then    she.thought    let...    uphill    at.Big.Rock    let.me.throw.into.water    my.pine-roots   
    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  3. káan    xás    mah'íitnihach    upapivankôoti    pamusárum    ishkêeshak    hôoy    kích    tóo    pthívruuhruprav   
    there    then    early.morning    she.went.to.look.for    her.pine-roots    at.the.river    where    only    they.had    floated.out   
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. púyava    pasárum    ánav    tu'árihish   
    you.see    the.pine-roots    medicine    they.became   
    The pine-roots had become medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  5. yáas    sárum    nu'ûupvutih   
    then    Jeffrey.pine.root    we.dug.them   
    Then we dug pine roots.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  6. pamukun'ápxaan    ukyâarahiti    sárip    káru    sárum   
    their.hat    it.was.made.with    hazel.twigs    also    Jeffrey.pine.root   
    Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  7. xás    pamukun'ápxaan    uum    uvíkahiti    pasárum    mûuk    káru    papanyúrar    káru    peekritápkir    káru    patíiptiip   
    then    their.hat    3.SG    it.was.woven    the.Jeffrey.pine.root    with.(by.means.of)    also    the.beargrass    also    the.five-finger.fern    also    the.chain.fern   
    And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text