Ararahih'urípih
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asáxvuh turtle, Pacific turtle; lock (on a door)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #645 | revised Nov 02 2005

asáxvuh • N • turtle, Pacific turtle; lock (on a door) Clemmys marmorata (ITIS).

Derivative (1)
asaxvuhpihnîich "Old Man Turtle, a myth character"

Source: WB 154, p.322; WB ani 06:821

Note: The extension of meaning is said to be due to the fact that old-fashioned padlocks resembled turtle shells. Also called káapivanach.

  • xás asáxvuh tuyship'ípanich ukrîish. And Turtle sat on a mountain-top. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 018]
  • asáxvuh uum káan úkrii. Turtle lived there. [Reference: WB 21: Hair In The Soup 001]

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  1. xas úum asáxvuh papihnîich.
    Then the old man (changed himself into) a turtle.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás asáxvu tuyship'ípanich ukrîish.
    And Turtle sat down on a mountain-top.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. xás asáxvuh tuyship'ípanich úkrii.
    And Turtle was sitting on a mountain-top.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  4. xás pa'asáxvuh kun'êe pá'aah.
    And they gave the fire to Turtle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  5. asáxvu uum káan úkrii.
    Turtle lived there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text