Ararahih'urípih
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aseeshtákak a placename near Katimin

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #652 | revised Jun 26 2014

aseeshtákak • N • a placename near Katimin

Literally: 'rock-gap-in'

Derivation:  as ishtak-a-ak
rock make.gap-DEVERB-Locative

Source: JPH ethno ?:???

  • chávura aseeshtákak tupitvâavnuk. He looked down over Gap-in-the-Rock toward Katimin. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 246]
  • aseeshtákak u'íipma. He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin). [Reference: WB 25: Peregrine Falcoln and His Wife 019]

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  1. aseeshtákak u'íipma.
    He got to aseeshtákak (a spot near Katimin).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. xás aseeshtákak poopitvâavnuk mâam páykuuk umah, tá kunpífukraa mú'arama xákaan.
    And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  3. kári xás vaa kâam ifuchtîimich kunítvaavnuk aseeshtákak.
    And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text