Ararahih'urípih
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úhthaam garden

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6207 | revised Jan 22 2016

úhthaam • N • garden

Literally: 'tobacco-meadow'

Derivation:  úuh thaam
tobacco meadow

Derivatives (3)
uhcháamach "man's name, Pete Henry"
uhtháamha "to plant"
uhthamha'ávaha "vegetables"

Source: WB 1480.5, p.390; TK 50.11

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  1. peheeraha'úhthaamsa
    Tobacco Plots
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  2. úhthaam
    any garden, orchard, or plantation; a tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  3. iheeraha'úhthaam
    tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. pa'uhípih
    Stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik káru, vaa uum yáv papírish ávahkam kunithyúruthunatihaak patá kunpúhthaampimarahaak.
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  6. kusâam panunu'úhthaam.
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  7. páy uum úhthaam, koonmúrax.
    This is a garden, nothing but corn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text