Ararahih'urípih
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xáath grasshopper

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6737 | revised Jan 26 2016

xáath • N • grasshopper

Derivatives (5)
sáhxaath "a type of grasshopper ; green grasshopper "
xachmûumich "a type of grasshopper, "camel cricket""
xachmûumich "man's name, Frank Skenks"
xathímtas "roasted grasshoppers"
káhxaath "upriver grasshopper; a species of grasshopper living at the Klamath Lakes"

Source: WB 1611, p.396; TK 46.13

  • yánava vúra táay páxaath toomtupíshriihva. He saw lots of grasshoppers were cooked. [Reference: WB T4.31]

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  1. chavúra vaa káan u'úum paxathímtup kunikyâatihirak, pakunikyâatihirak paxathímtup.
    Then he reached the place where they fix cooked grasshoppers, where they fix roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. kári xás uxus: "tîi yítha kán'ám paxathímtup."
    Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. xás uxúsanik: "if táay tá ni'av paxathímtup."
    Then he thought: "What a lot of roasted grasshoppers I have eaten."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. yánava vúra táay páxaath tóo mtupíshriihva, xás vúra amáyav kunish.
    He saw lots of grasshoppers cooked, and they were sort of good-tasting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. yánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen.
    He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. yánava vúra uum taay, paxathímtup.
    He saw there were lots of roasted grasshoppers.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text