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uhraam pipe, tobacco pipe of any kind

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6200 | revised Oct 06 2015

uhraam • N • pipe, tobacco pipe of any kind

Literally: 'tobacco place'

Derivation:	úuh-raam
	tobacco-place

Derivatives (8)
asóohraam "stone pipe"
eem'úhraam "doctor's pipe, larger than an ordinary pipe"
ikxurika'úhraam "cigarette"
simsim'úhraam "metal pipe (as for water)"
úhnaamich "pipe for smoking (dimin.)"
uhnamtunvêech "cigarettes"
uhram'ápmaan "mouthpiece of a pipe"
xavish'úhraam "simple arrowwood pipe, without a bowl"

Source: WB 1480.3, p.390; Tobacco Among the Karuk Indians 45:19; JPH mat 15:776

Note: Initial vowel sometimes contracts with prefixal vowel; thus poohraam 'the pipe' (TK 135.2). Dimin. is úhnaamich.

• uvúsurahiti poohram'ápmaanak, yáv ukupavúsurahiti. The mouth end (of a sack) is cut off, it's cut off nicely. [Reference: TK 172.33 ; JPH_TKIC-III.4, p. 45]
• vaa uum úmnaapti, pu'iinkútihara uhráamak su' peempúrkunishhaak. (Tobacco) fuses, it doesn't burn in the pipe if it's too fine. [Reference: TK 93.16]

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