Ararahih'urípih
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vuhvúha deerskin dance; (in particular) jump dance

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lexicon ID #6642 | revised Jan 14 2016

vuhvúha • N • deerskin dance; (in particular) jump dance

Derivation:  vuhvúha-a
do.jump.dance-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
vuhvuhákaam "jump dance"

Source: WB 1566.1, p.395; TK 46.18

Note: Equiv. to vuhvúhinaa.

  • ithyáruk pootkárati yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivti. When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 057]

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  1. ithyáruk pootkáratih yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivtih.
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. kári xás kunipéer, " mâa kâam vuhvúha ukyáati pakúth ivúrayvutih.
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text