Ararahih'urípih
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sâam a little downhill

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lexicon ID #5207 | revised Jul 22 2014

sâam N • a little downhill

Source: WB 1192.9, p.377

Note: Never pronounced with glottalization.

  • kári xás vaa namtírihak sáam úktaamfak. Then he packed it down-slope (to the lake) on a tight-weave plate basket. [Reference: How Fish Were Made 013]
  • ka'tim'îin ishkéeshtiim, ka'tim'iinsâam, káakum vaa kooká'as. By the river at Katimin, downslope from Katimin, are some of those rocks. [Reference: TK 153.16]


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  1. sâam "a little downhill" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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