Ararahih'urípih
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fúrax woodpecker head or 'scalp'

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1344 | revised Oct 31 2014

fúrax • N • woodpecker head or 'scalp'

Derivatives (11; show derivatives)

Source: WB 370, p.333; JPH ani 06:623

  • pamúsaanva furaxmúrax. Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 073]

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  1. koovúra paniníshaanva ishpúk kamikxúrikarahiti káru fúrax."
    Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. pamúsaanva furaxmúrax.
    Her clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. îikam tá kunpirukûurish, yukún vaa kunkupitih, fúrax mukunpikshipíkmath.
    They sit down again outdoors; you see, they do this; their sun-shades are of woodpecker heads.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. xás poofúmtaapsur víri yûuth pootrûuputih, xánahich axmáy vaa ukuupha, pamukunfuraxpikshipíkmath axmáy u'áapuchur.
    And when he blew, as he looked down across, in a little while suddenly they did this, (the women's) woodpecker-head sun-shades suddenly collapsed.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. víri pamu'ífuni fúrax kích utávahitih.
    His hair was decorated on the ends with nothing but woodpecker heads.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. víri pakunpûusur fúrax kích utávahiti pamu'ifunih'ípan.
    When they took it off, the ends of (the dog's) hair were decorated with nothing but woodpecker scalps.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  7. xás furáxvaas úkyav, káru furaxyukúku káru furaxvánakaar.
    So he made a woodpecker-head blanket, and woodpecker-head shoes and a woodpecker-head vánakaar (a shirtlike garment).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. vúra furaxmúrax pamúsaanva.
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. vúra furaxmúrax pamúsaanva.
    His clothes were nothing but woodpecker-heads.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text