Ararahih'urípih
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ivaxráhak on dry ground

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lexicon ID #3449 | revised Aug 27 2015

ivaxráhak • N • on dry ground

Derivation:  iváxrah-ak  (= im-axrah-a-ak)
dry-Locative  (= DENOM dead.tree-DEVERB-Locative)

  • xás poomáh pasaamvároo, ta'ítam upaathmáheen, ivaxráhak xás ukyívish. And when he saw the creek, then he threw (the blanket) at it, but it just fell on dry ground. [Reference: WB T3.76]

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  1. ivaxráhak xás ukyívish.
    But it fell on dry ground.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text