Ararahih'urípih
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tháxtuuy baby basket, cradle basket

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5907 | revised Jan 06 2016

tháxtuuy • N • baby basket, cradle basket

Derivatives (2)
chaxtôonach "baby in a basket"
chaxtúyhiich "toy cradle, doll's cradle"

Source: WB 1438, p.389; JPH mat ?:735

Note: Dimin. is thaxtúuyak.

  • chavúra ithâan kumamáh'iit tóokviitha payeenipaxvúhich, thaxtúuyak tóokviitha. Finally one morning the little girl was sleeping, she was sleeping in the baby basket. [Reference: KM 7.28]

Short recordings (4) | Sentence example (1)

  1. tháxtuuy "baby basket" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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  2. tháxtuuy "baby basket" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. tháxtuuy "baby basket" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  4. yupsítanich tháxtuuy "the baby basket" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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