Ararahih'urípih
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uhípih tobacco stem, ground and used for ceremonies

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6194 | revised Nov 17 2015

uhípih • N • tobacco stem, ground and used for ceremonies

Literally: 'tobacco-bone'

Derivation:  úuh ípih
tobacco bone

Derivative (1)
uhipih'íkchurar "tobacco stem pestle"

Source: WB 1480.1, p.390; TK 45.17; JPH mat 15:776

  • uhipih'ípanich tu'urúkoo vaa káan poo'úhishheesh su'. At the top of the tobacco stem, they swell out where the seeds are going to be inside. [Reference: TK 59.35]
  • púyava patéemfir pa'uhípih, pavupakpákapuh,... When the tobacco stems get hot, the ones that have been chopped up,... [Reference: TK 95.26]

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  1. uhípih   
    tobacco.stem   
    tobacco stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. unúhyaachas    pa'uhípih    sú'    kúnish    árunsasa   
    round.ones    the.tobaco.stem    inside    sort.of    empty.ones   
    The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  3. ákthiipkunish    akthip'iváxra    pa'uhípih    patuvaxráhaak   
    one.characterized.by.being.like.hay    one.characterized.by.being.like.dry.hay    the.tobaco.stem    when.the.drying.event.happens   
    They are like ákthiip [grass sp.], like dry ákthiip, the tobacco stems, when they get dry.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text