Ararahih'urípih
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iphíikirih to sweat oneself (in a sweathouse)

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lexicon ID #2741 | revised Dec 17 2014

iphíikirih • V • to sweat oneself (in a sweathouse)

Derivation:  iphi-kírih
put.(pl.)-into.fire

Derivative (1)
iphikinihnûumahach "burning sweats, sweating other people's sweathouse wood"

Source: WB 654, p.348

  • pu'iphiikírihtihara He's not sweating himself. [Reference: WB files]

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  1. káan xás umáh áraar, uphikirîihvutih.
    And there he saw a person, he was sweating himself.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. ansáfriik ávansa uphikirîihvutih.
    A man was sweating himself at Weitchpec.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text