Ararahih'urípih
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athkuritárahiv hunting season

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #781 | revised Feb 25 2014

athkuritárahiv • N • hunting season

Literally: 'greasy season'

Derivation:  athkúritar-ahiv  (= athkúrit-ar-ahiv)
greasy-time  (= fat-having-time)

Source: WB 199.2, p.325

  • pakári athkuritárahiv takun'ákunvanva. When it was hunting season, they went hunting. [Reference: T72.3]

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  1. pakári athkuritárahiv tá kun'ákunvanva.
    When it was hunting season, they went hunting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text