Ararahih'urípih
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ikmahachram'íshiip the sacred sweathouse at Katimin (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1828 | revised Oct 26 2014

ikmahachram'íshiip • N • the sacred sweathouse at Katimin (Kroeber and Gifford, p. 7)

Literally: 'first sweathouse'

Derivation:  ikmaháchraam-'íshiip  (= ikmah-ach-raam-'íshiip)
sweathouse-most  (= ikmah-DIM-place-most)

Source: WB 459.1.1, p.338

  • ikmahachram'íshiip va'úhraam kunípeenti. They call it the pipe of the sacred sweathouse. [Reference: TK 164.4]

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  1. ta'ítam iinâak upoonváfuruk pamuhrôohas ikmahachram'íshiip.
    So he took his wives back into the sacred sweathouse.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  2. ikmahachram'íshiip kúuk tá nu'íipma.
    We went back to the sacred sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text