Ararahih'urípih
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pûuvish sack, bag

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lexicon ID #5145 | revised Nov 09 2005

pûuvish N • sack, bag

Derivative (1)
thuxrivpûuvish "gunnysack"

Source: WB 1185, p.376; JPH mat 15:708, 778

Note: Locative is pûuvishak.

  • kári xás axvâak ni'axaychákish, xás pûuvishak nithaanámnih. And then I grabbed it by the head, and I put it in a bag. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 009]


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  1. mupûuvish "his sack" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. pûuvish "sack" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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  3. pûuvish "bag" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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