Ararahih'urípih
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chanchak to choke (?); to close the roof-hatch of an Indian house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1074 | revised May 05 2014

chanchak • V • to choke (?); to close the roof-hatch of an Indian house

Derivation:  chan-chak
chan-closing.up

Derivatives (5)
chancháaksur "to close the roof-hatch of an Indian house"
chancháaksur "roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house"
chanchákar "roof board on top of house"
chanchákar "to go to close the roof-hatch"
chanchakváraa "to hiccup"

Source: WB 274, p.329

Note: [chk] with speakers.

  • hínupay tuchánchak. Here it is that she chokes. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 198]

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  1. kári xás upíip, " kach-kach-kach-kach," xás áak chanchaaksúrak u'árihrupuk.
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. uum vúra vookupitti', patóo kxáramha kári tóo pchanchákkar, káru patusúpaaha kári kyúkkuum tu'êetchúrar, patusúpaaha', tuchánchaaksurar patusúpaaha'.
    He [Coyote] was doing that way, was closing evenings the living-house roof hole and mornings opened it up, when morning came, opened it when morning came.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  3. chavúra pâanpay ithâan poosúpaaha, xás uchánchaaksurar.
    Then after a while one morning, then he opened it.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  4. ta'íttam pihnêeffich úkyiimnupriheen chanchaaksúrak.
    Then Coyote fell through the living-house roof hole.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  5. kári xás chanchaaksúrak xás u'árihrupuk, " kchkchkchkch!"
    Then (Blue Jay) jumped out through the smokehole, "kchkchkchkch!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  6. xás póo'uum, chanchaaksúrak utnûupnih.
    And when he arrived, he looked in through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. xás chanchaaksúrak kunishkurúhruuprihva, pamukun'átimnam.
    Then they pulled their burden baskets up through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. axmáy xás vúra pa'íshaha uchánchaaksur.
    Suddenly the water opened up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. xás uchánchaaksur.
    Then it opened up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. póo'uum, chanchaaksúrak pootfúnukva, pamukun'iinâak vúra uum úm'aaxvarayva.
    When he arrived, when he looked inside through the smokehole, it was red all over inside their house (by reflection from his clothing).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. kári xás u'árihshipriv kachakâach chanchaksúrak u'árihrupuk, " kchkchkchkchkch."
    Now Bluejay jumped up and she went out the door, "kchkchkchkchkch".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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