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taxrat to flake arrowheads
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5785 | revised Dec 29 2015
taxrat • V • to flake arrowheads
Derivatives (2)
taxrátaan "a type of worm"
taxrátar "flaking instrument, made of horn with a handle"
Source: WB 1351, p.385
- vaa káan pakuntáxraatvanaatihanik úytaahkoo. They were making arrows at Mt. Shasta. [Reference: KS 33. Yellowjacket Picks Up Obsidians 001]
- kári xás patakunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati, kári xás asmaax, tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep. And when they were finished making arrows, Towhee (said,) "Let me pick up the arrow-making scraps." [Reference: WB T36.4]
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saak kuntáxraatvunaa obsidian they.were.attaching.arrowheads They were attaching arrowheads. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textkári xás patá kunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati kári xás asmáax tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep then then when they.finished that.they.were.attaching.arrowheads then then towhee let... let.me.pick.it.up! the.scraps And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps". Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textkári xás utáxraatih then then he.attached.arrowheads Then he attached arrowheads. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full textpóomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih when.he.looked.at.it that.he.was.attaching.arrowheads into.the.fire he.looked.into.the.fire When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text