Ararahih'urípih
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apmántiim lip

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #427 | revised Sep 19 2014

apmántiim • N • lip

Literally: 'mouth-edge'

Derivation:  apmaan tíim
mouth edge

Source: WB 112.4, p.318

  • pakumáhaak áraar tu'iv, kári xasík vaa páy apmántiimich kuyvúrukeesh. When you see people dying, then you must rub this (food) on their lips. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 123]
  • xás vaa vúra upvêehka pamuparâamvar iktakatákaheen pamupmántiim. Then he jabbed Woodpecker's wedge in at the corner of this mouth. [Reference: KT 158.16]

See apmaan1 'mouth' See tíim 'edge'

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  1. kári xás kinipéer, " pa'áraar tu'ívahaak, vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh.
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text