Ararahih'urípih
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átraax arm

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #806 | revised Nov 02 2005

átraax • N • arm

Derivative (1)
atrax'ípan "shoulder"

Source: WB 189, p.325

Note: Locative is atráaxak.

  • pamútraax kích takun'âaphuti. They were just carrying him by his two arms. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 074]
  • víri pá'aax tuvurúnihva pamútraaxak, pamuvuhá'aax. The blood was running down his arm, the blood from his teeth. [Reference: KT 144.26]

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  1. aayâach kun'ixviphûunishti íp pa'úthvoonhitihat va'íhuk, tá kun'ithyúruvarak, pamútraax kich kun'áaphutih.
    That was because they were mad at him because he had wanted to dance. They they dragged him down, they were just carrying him (by) the arms".
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. pananu'átraax vúra uum ipshûunkinich.
    Our arms are too short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  3. ápap pamútraax tá kuníshpaatsur.
    They pulled off his arm on one side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  4. ápap kúna pamútraax kuníshpaatsur.
    They pulled off his arm on the other side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  5. pamútraax vúra kích tá kun'áaphutih.
    They were just carrying his arms.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  6. kun'áaphuti asaxvuhpihnîich mútraax.
    They were carrying Old Man Turtle's arms.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  7. xás payúrasak kun'íkakurih, kári vaa vúra kun'áaphuti pamútraax.
    And when they jumped into the ocean, they were still carrying his arms.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text