Ararahih'urípih
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vuhvúha deerskin dance; (in particular) jump dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6642 | revised Jan 14 2016

vuhvúha • N • deerskin dance; (in particular) jump dance

Derivation:  vuhvúha-a
do.jump.dance-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
vuhvuhákaam "jump dance"

Source: WB 1566.1, p.395; TK 46.18

Note: Equiv. to vuhvúhinaa.

  • ithyáruk pootkárati yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivti. When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 057]

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  1. ithyáruk    pootkáratih    yánava    pavuhvúha    tu'íshipva    uthítiimti    pakuníhyiivtih   
    across    when.she.looks.across.the.river    visible    the.jump.dance    it.lined.up    she.is.hearing    their.shouting   
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    kunipéer    mâa    kâam    vuhvúha    ukyáati    pakúth    ivúrayvutih   
    then    then    they.told.her    look!    little.upriver    deerskin.dance    he.is.making.it    the.one.for.whose.sake    you.are.wandering.around   
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text