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chancháaksur / chanchaksura- roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house

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lexicon ID #1073 | revised Oct 31 2014

chancháaksur / chanchaksura- • V • roof-hatch or smokehole of an Indian house

Derivation:  chancháaksur-a  (= chan-chak-sur-a)
close.roof-hatch-DEVERB  (= chan-closing.up-off-DEVERB)

Source: WB 274.1.1, p.329

  • xás canchaaksúrak u'árihrupuk. And she flew out through the smokehole. [Reference: DeA & F 3: Bluejay as Doctor 027]

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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. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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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