Ararahih'urípih
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ipárish to heat (cooking stones)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2707 | revised Nov 07 2005

ipárish • V • to heat (cooking stones) Variant: párish.

Derivative (1)
ipárishaha "boiling stone of the kind dropped into acorn mush"

Source: WB 647, p.348

  • xás uxus, chími ás kanipáriishi. Then she thinks, "Let me put some boiling rocks in the fire." [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 041]
  • xás ta'ítam ás kunipárishaheen. Then they put rocks to heat in the fire. [Reference: KT 143.36]

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  1. xás pa'ás tá kunipárish.
    And they heated the rocks.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  2. tée p ás upárishat.
    They had already heated rocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text