Ararahih'urípih
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úuh tobacco

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6300 | revised Nov 11 2005

úuh • N • tobacco

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Source: WB 1480, p.390; TK 45.2

Note: Equiv. to ihêeraha. Used mainly in combinations like uhípih 'tobacco stem'.

  • áxak usúpaaha ukôoheesh víri vaa kári peehêeraha uvêenarati, pá'uuh u'áhakumti. On the eighth day he prays over tobacco, he goes toward tobacco. [Reference: TK 244.3]

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  1. uuh   
    tobacco   
    old name for tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. úhaf   
    tobacco.excrement   
    nicotine; the pithy substance that accumulates in a Karuk smoking pipe
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  3. uh'áhakuv   
    going.toward.tobacco   
    name of one of the days of the new-year ceremony
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  4. uh'ípih   
    tobacco.bone   
    tobacco stem, tobacco stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  5. uhraam   
    tobacco.place   
    tobacco pipe of any kind
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  6. uhsípnuuk   
    tobacco.storage.basket   
    tobacco basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  7. uhtatváraar   
    tobacco.[coal].inserter.instrument   
    sweathouse tobacco lighting stick
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  8. uhthiishríhraam   
    place.to.put.tobacco   
    placename, where they put tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  9. uhtayvaráraam   
    place.to.spoil.tobacco   
    placename, where they spoil tobacco
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  10. peheeraháaptiik    pa'uh'íppi    sákriivsha    puyâamahukich    kupeeshpáttahitihara   
    the.tobacco.branch    the.tobacco.stem    tough.ones    not.easy    it.does.not.break.in.some.way   
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  11. patakikyâahaak    pa'uhíppi    tá    kunvupáksiiprin   
    when.??    the.tobacco.stem    PERF    they.cut.it.up   
    When they pick the tobacco stems they cut them off.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text