Ararahih'urípih
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apsunxárah long snake, legendary giant serpent called a "boa constrictor" by one consultant

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #450 | revised Sep 19 2014

apsunxárah • N • long snake, legendary giant serpent called a "boa constrictor" by one consultant

Literally: 'long snake'

Derivation:  ápsuun-xárah
snake-long

Derivatives (2)
apsunxárak "plant sp."
apsunxara'ímkaanva "plant sp., green dock; or perhaps tibinagua"

Source: WB 116.5, p.319; JPH ethno

  • xâatik apsunxarah'îin neexvírip. Maybe {I hope} big snake will swallow me down. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 008]
  • yEEnaa apsunxárah káan úkhuroovuti. Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 042]

See ápsuun 'snake' See -xárah 'long'

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  1. " yée naa apsunxára káan úkuroovutih."
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  2. uthyúruripaa pa'apsunxára.
    He hauled out the long snake.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  3. yánava apsunxarahtúnviiv.
    He saw it was baby long-snakes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  4. kári xás apsunxarah'îin kun'av.
    But she was eaten by a long snake
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text