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as / asa- rock; stone; pit of fruit; in some compounds, earth, dirt
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #583 | revised Nov 07 2014
as / asa- • N • rock; stone; pit of fruit; in some compounds, earth, dirt
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asachiimûuch "silverfish"
asáfuun "red earth, ochre"
asákaam "Big Rock"
asakeem'íshaanach "placename (far upriver in Karuk territory)"
ásak_ithríhahitihan "plant sp., bitterroot, lewisia"
ásak_vaatxarakavrûukvutihan "California wood fern "
asámaam "name of a sweathouse at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
asamíf'as "type of bluish stone"
asamíf'as "type of bluish stone"
asámiif "type of bluish stone"
asámyiith "gravel"
asánaamkarak "Stony Flat, a placename near Ike's Falls"
asaparáfraafir "name of a rock, near Drake's place"
asapatxáxak "crack in a rock"
asapêech "rock wall around fireplace in middle of Indian house."
asapêeh "rock wall surrounding an Indian house"
asapeech'ípan "placename near Katimin"
asapítvuunup "placename near Seiad"
asapûuxveenach "cliff swallow, type of bird"
asarakávriik_táayhitihan "a plant, sweet fennel"
asarakávriik_vaamtáparas "a plant, fennel"
asasímsiim "stone war club, "slave killer""
asatáran "bedrock; cement"
asathúkin "Big Rock, opposite Orleans"
asathukin'ávahkam "placename near Orleans"
asátiikar "name of man, Phoebe's cousin"
asatírih "rock slab ; name of a rock near Katimin"
asá'uuy "a placename"
asávaat "stone war club, "slave killer""
asavêehkak "The Three Sisters"
asavúrik "a place name"
asaxárahsa_uvêehrivirak "a placename, Allison's Lodge"
asaxêem "moss, lichen"
asaxeemthúkin "lichen sp."
asaxêevar "mossy; a placename, Baldy Peak"
asaxíkih "file (tool)"
asaxuskútrahar "rain coat"
asaxusyukúkuh "boot(s)"
asáxuus "soapstone, rubber"
asaxus'íthvar "dancing slab"
asaxyípit "quartz"
asayaayâahar "stuttering rock, a rock near , having the power to cure stutterers"
aséemniishnamich "stone dish (dimin.)"
aseemthaavráthar "stone war club, "slave killer""
aseeshtákak "a placename near Katimin"
aséethvar "stone-paved platform in front of a house"
aséem'ax "red-hot stone (for boiling)"
askup'amván'as "a grayish mottled marble"
asóohraam "stone pipe"
asvufám'as "basket design (O'Neale, fig. 16)"
asa'asaxêem "rock lichen"
asa'asaxêem "rock lichen"
asa'asaxíkih "kind of rock used for smoothing arrows"
asa'asaxíkih "kind of rock used for smoothing arrows"
asa'úruh "placename"
asa'urúh'iivreen "mountain near Katimin"
asa'uy'ikhúnipaach "placename"
asa'uy'íkhuraa "ridge leading up the hill, along which the spirits of the dead pass upon leaving this world"
chinách'as "Big Rock, downriver from chinach'íshiip"
ikchunkirá'as "anvil stone, stone on which anything is pounded"
ikoorá'as "rock in the river near Katimin"
ikvinipkunihvách'as "sinker stone for fishnets"
ipaha'asaxêem "type of lichen, used to die porcupine quills yellow, wolf moss"
ipa'asaxêem "lichen sp."
ishpuká'as "quartz"
sák'as "obsidian, "flint""
xanchifích'as "rock with a rough surface, used for target shooting"
xanputip'asaxêem "type of lichen, the maul oak lichen"
yaayaahá'as "rock on the river opposite Orleans"
Source: WB 145, p.321; TK 58.30
Note: Locative is ásak 'on a rock' (TK 95.9).
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xás ta'ítam ás kunipárishaheen. Then they put rocks to heat in the fire. [Reference: KT 143.36]
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