Ararahih'urípih
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ikruh to peel (bark, from a tree or from sticks)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2050 | revised Dec 02 2014

ikruh • V • to peel (bark, from a tree or from sticks)

Derivative (1)
ikrúuhsur "to peel off"

Source: WB 499, p.340; TK 249.5

  • áxak u'ípatsuruti kusripan'áhup, pu'ikrúuhtihara. He breaks off two madrone sticks, he doesn't peel them. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás éepaax úkruh. And he peeled off alder bark. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 006]

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  1. kári xás éepaax úkruh.
    And he peeled off alder bark.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text