Ararahih'urípih
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taxvish to scrape, to split (esp. in preparing pine roots for basketry)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5800 | revised Dec 29 2015

taxvish • V • to scrape, to split (esp. in preparing pine roots for basketry)

Derivative (1)
taxvíshapuh "pine root strands scraped prepared for weaving"

Source: WB 1357, p.385

  • xás iváxrah tanúkyav, kári xás tanupúthar, yáas nutáxviishti. Then we dry (the pine roots), then we soak them, then we scrape them. [Reference: WB T85.13]

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  1. yáas nutáxviishtih.
    Then we scraped them.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text