Ararahih'urípih
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chinách'as Big Rock, downriver from chinach'íshiip

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1155 | revised Oct 22 2014

chinách'as • N • Big Rock, downriver from chinach'íshiip

Literally: 'Chenach rock'

Derivation:  chîinach as  (= chiin-ach as)
placename rock  (= chiin-DIM rock)

Source: WB 297.1, p.330

See as 'rock'

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  1. xás uxús " tîi máruk chinach'ásak kánpaathkirihi paninisárum.
    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text