Ararahih'urípih
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thúkinkunish blue, green, yellow

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6017 | revised Apr 16 2024

thúkinkunish • ADJ • blue, green, yellow

Literally: 'like bile'

Derivation:  thúkin kúnish
bile sort.of

Derivatives (2)
chavanichthúkinkunish "a type of worm"
xanchifchúkinkunishich "type of frog"

Source: WB 1469.4, p.390; TK xxxiv.32; JPH mat 7:363

Note: JPH uses as applied to 'blue paint'.

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  1. payáan vúr u'íiftihaak puxxích thúkkinkunish, peheeraha'íppa, pachím uimtúppeeshahaak, vaa kári taváttavkunish.
    When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text

  2. yukún peethívthaaneen vúra thúkinkunish xás kúnish ûumukich.
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text