Ararahih'urípih
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akraah Pacific lamprey, eel

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #264 | revised Nov 07 2014

akraah • N • Pacific lamprey, eel Lampetra tridentata (ITIS).

Derivatives (8)
aknáahunich "bag for eels, woven of iris string"
aknahsufsínhanich "eel 14 inches or so long; perhaps female eel"
akrah'amtiikêer "azalea"
akrahchiripchírip "cricket"
akráhkuux "eel backbone"
akráhsiih "eel dressing point, instrument for dressing eels"
akrah'urípih "eel net"
akrahiváxrah "dried eels"

Source: WB 62, p.316

  • káru akráah uum úpaanik, naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma. And Eel said, "I also will get there first in the spring." [Reference: KT 149.7]

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  1. káru akraah uum úpaanik "naa káru pishîich ni'ípaktiheesh xátikrupma."
    And the Eel said: “I will also get there first in the spring.”
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text

  2. íshkih úm pa'ákraa ukpúuhtih?
    Does the eel swim fast?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  3. ivíshtaantih húm pa'ákraah?
    Do you like eels?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  4. akráa itíhaan vúra kuníthtiitih.
    They were always gambling (with) Eel.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  5. akráa chámuxich xákaan kuníthtit.
    Eel and Sucker gambled together.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  6. chavúra uum koovúra tá kunchífich akráa chamuxich'îin.
    Finally Sucker won everything from Eel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  7. kári xás upíip páakraah, " nani'ípi tá níxraam."
    And Eel said, "I'll bet my bones."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  8. víriva kumá'ii akráa púfaat mu'ípih.
    For that reason Eel has no bones.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Eel and Sucker" (WB_KL-37) | read full text

  9. púyava payêem paakráa vaa pa'úuth uxyakâanvutih.
    So now the eels are that which he threw out into the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  10. akráa káru kun'áamtih.
    They ate eels too.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text