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taxrat to flake arrowheads
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5785 | revised Dec 29 2015
taxrat • V • to flake arrowheads
Derivatives (2)
taxrátaan "a type of worm"
taxrátar "flaking instrument, made of horn with a handle"
Source: WB 1351, p.385
- vaa káan pakuntáxraatvanaatihanik úytaahkoo. They were making arrows at Mt. Shasta. [Reference: KS 33. Yellowjacket Picks Up Obsidians 001]
- kári xás patakunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati, kári xás asmaax, tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep. And when they were finished making arrows, Towhee (said,) "Let me pick up the arrow-making scraps." [Reference: WB T36.4]
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saak kuntáxraatvunaa.
They were attaching arrowheads.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text -
kári xás patá kunpíkyaar pakuntáxraati kári xás asmáax "
tîi kan'ífiki pataxratêep."
And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps".Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text -
kári xás utáxraatih.
Then he attached arrowheads.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text -
póomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih.
When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text