Ararahih'urípih
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sárum root of Jeffrey pine, used in basketry

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5333 | revised Apr 26 2005

sárum • N • root of Jeffrey pine, used in basketry

Derivative (1)
sarum'ápxaan "woman's work cap (O'Neale, pp.41-42) "

Source: WB 1217, p.377; JPH pla 06:497

  • xás pasárum víri vaa pa'ásip kunvíikti. And they weave baskets from the pine root. [Reference: WB T24.46]

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  1. xás pasárum víri vaa pa'ásip kunvíiktih.
    And they weave the baskets of pine roots.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. xás uxús " tîi máruk chinach'ásak kánpaathkirihi paninisárum.
    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  3. káan xás mah'íitnihach upapivankôoti pamusárum ishkêeshak hôoy kích tóo pthívruuhruprav.
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. púyava pasárum ánav tu'árihish.
    The pine-roots had become medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  5. yáas sárum nu'ûupvutih.
    Then we dug pine roots.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  6. pamukun'ápxaan ukyâarahiti sárip káru sárum.
    Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  7. xás pamukun'ápxaan uum uvíkahiti pasárum mûuk káru papanyúrar káru peekritápkir káru patíiptiip.
    And their hats were woven with the pine-roots and the bear-lily leaves and the five-finger fern and the chain fern.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text