Ararahih'urípih
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sípnuuk storage basket (O'Neale, pp. 38-40)

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lexicon ID #5422 | revised Dec 03 2015

sípnuuk N • storage basket (O'Neale, pp. 38-40)

Derivatives (6)
iheerahasípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40)"
sipnúukan "in a storage basket"
sipnúukith "money basket"
sipnúk'anamahach "trinket basket"
sipnuk'átimnam "type of basket used for carrying light loads"
uhsípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40) "

Source: WB 1233, p.379

Note: The locative is sipnúukan or sipnúukak 'in a storage basket.'

  • tîi naa yúrasak kanvâaram, sipnúukan su'. Let me go down to the ocean inside the basket! [Reference: KS Crane 074]
  • chími kiik'íchunvi, sipnúukan kiik'iruváramnihi. You two come hide, get into the storage baskets! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 018]


Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (16)

  1. iheerasípnuuk "tobacco basket" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  2. sipnukmáhyaanach "storage basket" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  3. sípnuuk "storage basket" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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