Ararahih'urípih
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axváha pitch (as of the pine tree), also gum, asphalt, and bitumin

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #981 | revised Oct 13 2015

axváha • N • pitch (as of the pine tree), also gum, asphalt, and bitumin

Derivatives (6)
apxantiich'axváha "tar"
axvâahar "pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle"
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
axváhaha "to make sticky"
axváhahar "pitchy (full of pitch)"
axváhich "placename"

Source: WB 241, p.328; JPH mat ?:727; JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i, 54

  • xás sununúpninach uptaxváhchak axváha mûuk. She closed the ground-level sweat-door with pitch. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 034]

Sentence examples (13)

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  1. pamuxváha   
    its.pitch   
    Gum
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  2. tóo    xváhaha   
    its.has    be.pitchy   
    It is gummy.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  3. vaa    kunippítti    imxathakkêem    ikpíhan    peheeraháaxvaha   
    so    they.are.saying    bad-smelling    strong    the.tobacco.gum   
    They say: "It stinks, it is strong, the tobacco gum."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  4. vaa    kári    xás    kunxúti    tóo    mtup    peehêeraha    patá    kunma    tóo    xváhaha   
    so    then    then    they.are.saying    it.has    be.ripe    the.tobacco    when.[they].have    they.saw.it    it.has    be.pithy   
    Then they know the tobacco is ripe, when they see it is gummy.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  5. xás    tóo    ppiip    chími    nishtúkkeesh    tóo    xváhaha   
    then    it.has    say    soon    I.will.pick.it    it.has    be.pitchy   
    Then one says: "Let me pick it, it is gummy."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Gum (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.i) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam    axváha    ukyâaheen   
    so    pitch    he.gathered.it   
    Then he got pitch.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. hinupáy    íp    pa'axváha    mûuk    upsívshaapat    hinupáy    vaa    poo'iinkútih   
    surprise    PAST    the.pitch    with.(by.means.of)    he.sealed.it.up    surprise    that    that.it.was.burning   
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás    yánava    káan    axvaha'ípaha    u'íihya   
    then    visible    there    pitch.tree    it.stood   
    And he saw a pitch tree standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. yánava    axvahátaay   
    visible    a.lot.of.pitch   
    He saw there was a lot of pitch.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás    axváha    upishnápchak   
    then    pitch    he.put.it.on.himself.as.a.patch   
    So he plugged it up with pitch.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  11. chími    vaa    u'íinka    pa'axváha    pamu'áfup   
    soon    so    it.burned    the.pitch    his.buttocks   
    Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    pakunípthith    kári    xás    axváha    kuniyvúruk   
    then    then    they.finished.weaving    then    then    pitch    they.rubbed.it   
    And when they finished weaving, they smeared it with pitch.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  13. kóova    uthvuyxâaha    pamúyuup    axváha    mûuk    kuniptáxvah   
    so    she.grieved.for.him    her.eyes    pitch    with.(by.means.of)    they.sealed.them.up   
    She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text