Ararahih'urípih
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aseeshtákak a placename near Katimin

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #652 | revised Jun 26 2014

aseeshtákak • N • a placename near Katimin

Literally: 'rock-gap-in'

Derivation:  as ishtak-a-ak
rock make.gap-DEVERB-Locative

Source: JPH ethno ?:???

  • chávura aseeshtákak tupitvâavnuk. He looked down over Gap-in-the-Rock toward Katimin. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 246]
  • aseeshtákak u'íipma. He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin). [Reference: WB 25: Peregrine Falcoln and His Wife 019]

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  1. aseeshtákak    u'íipma   
    placename    he.returned   
    He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. xás    aseeshtákak    poopitvâavnuk    mâam    páykuuk    umah    tá    kunpífukraa    mú'arama    xákaan   
    then    placename    when.he.looks.over.his.shoulder    uphill    over.there    he.sees    PERF    they.were.climbing.uphill    his.child    both   
    And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    vaa    kâam    ifuchtîimich    kunítvaavnuk    aseeshtákak   
    then    then    so    little.upriver    last.time    they.looked.over    placename   
    And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text