Ararahih'urípih
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áramsip / áramsiipriv- / aramsîiprin- to start three-strand twining (in basketry)

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lexicon ID #515 | revised Oct 31 2014

áramsip / áramsiipriv- / aramsîiprin- • V • to start three-strand twining (in basketry)

Derivation:  árav-sip
weave.with.three.strands-up

  • pakáan tani'áramsip, sárip káru sárum tanihyákurih kaan. Where I start to three-strand twine, I insert both a hazel stick and a pine-root strand. [Reference: KT 115.22]
  • pakáan tanipvíkiroopithvahaak, vaa káan pani'áramsiiprivti. Where I first start to three-strand twine, that is where I start to twine with three strands. [Reference: KT 115.5]