Ararahih'urípih
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suváxrah to spread out to dry

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5498 | revised Dec 20 2015

suváxrah • V • to spread out to dry

Derivation:  suv axrah
suv dead.tree

Derivative (1)
suvaxráhar "drying rack"

Source: WB 1262, p.381

  • káan íp nimúsat ápus usuvaxrâahiti. I saw apples laid out to dry there. [Reference: KV]
  • xás takunsuváxrah, iivhárak takunthímpiithva. Then they dry them (tobacco leaves), they spread them on a board. [Reference: TK 92.12]

Sentence examples (4)

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  1. xás vaa káan kunsuváxra pa'áama.
    And they dried the salmon there.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  2. xás kári tá kunsuváxrah.
    Then they dried them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  3. yáas nishuváxraahti imcháxahak.
    Then I dried them in the sunshine.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  4. xás tá nusuváxrah.
    Then we dried them.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text