Ararahih'urípih
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kimfíruraa to burn off (an animal's hair)

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lexicon ID #3838 | revised Aug 03 2015

kimfíruraa • V • to burn off (an animal's hair)

Derivation:  kimfir-uraa
singe.(an.animal)-up

  • achvúun atipimáamvaan muxvâah ukímfiruraanik. Hookbill burned the hair off Buzzard's head long ago. [Reference: KT 125.16]

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  1. xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkuri pamuxváa, achvúun atipimámvaan muxvâa ukimfíruraanik.
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text