Ararahih'urípih
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athkúrit fat, grease

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #779 | revised Nov 02 2005

athkúrit • N • fat, grease

Derivatives (5)
athkúritar "fatty, greasy"
athkuritárahiv "hunting season"
athkurit'ámvaan "gray jay (M, WB); or Clark's nutcracker (JPH)"
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
iknakarav'athkúrit "juice from joints of salmon backbone"

Source: WB 199, p.325

  • pamukunpatúmkir káru vúra athkúrit. Their pillows were fat too. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 128]

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  1. xás    pihnêefich    u'áamva    paathkúrit   
    then    coyote    he.ate    the.fat   
    Then Coyote ate the fat.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. xás    sú'    póo'uum    pootvárayva    pamukun'ikrívkir    koovúra    athkuritmúrax    vúra   
    then    inside    when.he.arrived    when.he.looked.around    their.disk-seats    all    nothing.but.fat    Intensive   
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. pamukunpatúmkir    káru    vúra    athkúrit   
    their.pillows    also    Intensive    fat   
    Their pillows were fat too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. káru    pamukunpiykiríkir    vaa    káru    vúra    athkúrit   
    also    their.ladder    that    also    Intensive    fat   
    And their ladder was fat too.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. xás    káan    yánava    pamukunpatúmkir    káru    pamukun'ikrívkir    athkúrit    ukyâarahitih   
    then    there    visible    their.pillows    also    their.chairs    fat    they.were.made.of.it   
    And he saw there that their pillows and their chairs were made of fat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. yánava    vúra    uum    taay    pa'athkuritpatúmkir   
    visible    Intensive    3.SG    much    the.grease.pillows   
    He saw there were lots of grease pillows.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. víri    paathkúrit    tóo    thrîish   
    so    the.fat    it.has    set.(liquid).down   
    So the fat ran together.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  8. xás    amyiv    káru    athkúrit    ta    kuníyshar    xás    vaa    tá    kuniyvúruk    pathúkinhak   
    then    soot    also    fat    PERF    they.mixed    then    so    PERF    they.rubbed.it    on.the.tattoo   
    Then they mixed soot and grease, and they rubbed it on the tattoo.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text