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sáhyuux sand
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5256 | revised Aug 23 2005
sáhyuux • N • sand
Literally: 'river dirt'
Source: WB 1192.8, p.377
- sáhyuux kích ukrítuvish She just piled up sand. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 032]
- xás kunipéer, sáhyuux iktávan. And they told him, "Go get sand!" [Reference: WB T57.112]
Sentence examples (6)
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xás mupírish úkyav,
pasáhyuux.
And he made his 'medicine,' it was (composed of) sand.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás pamupírish umûutish,
sáhyuux.
Then he put his medicine down, the sand.Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text -
xás kunipéer, "
sáhyuux iktávan."
And (the women) told him, "Go get sand!"Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás uktávar pasáhyuux.
So he went and got sand.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
xás kunipéer, "
háriva peemáhaak '
pasáhyuux aas kích'
ixúseesh, '
tá kunpiyâaramaheen.'"
And they told him, "Whenever you see that the sand is wet, you will know that we've gone again."Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
sáhyuux tá kuniktávar.
They went and got sand.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text