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xúskaam stubborn (person)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6950 | revised Feb 08 2016
xúskaam • ADJ • stubborn (person)
Literally: 'big-mind'
Derivation: | xúus-kaam |
thought-large |
Derivatives (6)
araraxúskaamhar "bow"
xavishxúskaamhar "arrowwood bow"
xuskáamha "be skittish, wild (as a horse)"
xuskáamhar "bow (for shooting arrows); gun"
xuskamhaná'anamahach "pistol"
xuskamhareekxúrikar "painted bow"
Source: WB 1638.1.4, p.399
Sentence examples (3)
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kári xás xuskáamhara mûuk nitátararish.
I held him down with my gun.Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text -
xás uxus, "
chími kanikyav,
xuskáamhar."
And he thought, "Let me make a bow."Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text -
kári xás víri pamukunxúskaamhar víriva áak tá kunsímku ánam múuk.
Then they heated their bows by the fire, with medicine.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text