Ararahih'urípih
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yiipáhvuuf rotten roots of the lowland fir

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lexicon ID #7083 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiipáhvuuf • N • rotten roots of the lowland fir

Derivation:  yîip ahvuuf  (= yív-iip ahvuuf)
fir.sp. ahvuuf  (= yív-tree ahvuuf)

Source: WB 1676.1, p.401

Note: Cf. kíshvuuf 'medicine_root ; root'

  • kári xás máruk ukyâar yiipáhvuuf. And he went uphill to get rotten fir roots. [Reference: WB T34.21]
  • káruma u'iikívti, yiipahvuf'ímyah. The fact was, he was wearing a necklace, a heart of rotten fir roots. [Reference: WB T34.70]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. kári    xás    máruk    ukyâar    payiipáhvuuf   
    then    then    uphill    he.went.to.gather    the.rotten.fir.roots   
    So he went uphill to get rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  2. káruma    u'iikívtih    yiipahvuf'ímyah   
    in.fact    he.was.wearing.as.a.necklace    rotten.fir.root.heart   
    The fact was, he was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  3. papirishkâarim    múmya    tóo    thyúruripaa    tufúhish    payuuxmachmahánnach    upíkshaayvutih    uum    áhup    u'iikívtih    yiipahvuf'ímyah   
    the.grizzly.bear    her.heart    he.had    pull.out    she.had.believed.him    when.the.lizard    he.was.lying    3.SG    wood    he.was.wearing.as.a.necklace    rotten.fir.root.heart   
    He pulled out Grizzly's heart, (Grizzly) believed it when Lizard lied, (Lizard) was wearing a necklace of wood, a heart of rotten fir roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text