Ararahih'urípih
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axvâah head

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #969 | revised Nov 03 2005

axvâah • N • head

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 242, p.328; Shivshaneen, 1996, (2.2)

Note: Locative is axvâak.

  • xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkurih pamuxvâah. Then he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace. [Reference: KT 125b.14]
  • kári xás axvâak ni'axaychákish, xás pûuvishak nithaanámnih. And then I grabbed it by the head, and I put it in a bag. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 009]

Short recordings (15) | Sentence examples (20)

  1. axvâah "head" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. axvâah "head" (spoken by Lucille Albers)
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  3. axvâah "head" (spoken by Shan Davis)
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  4. axvâah "head" (spoken by Violet Super)
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  5. axvâah "head" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  6. koovúra pananuxvâas "all our heads" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  7. mu'axvâah "her head" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  8. muxvâah "her head" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  9. muxvâah "her or his head" (spoken by Violet Super)
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  10. pamíxvaah "your head" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  11. pananixvâah "my head" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  12. pananíxvaah "my head" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  13. pananíxvaah káru iim pamíxvaah "my head and your head" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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  14. áxak paxvâas "two heads" (spoken by Sonny Davis)
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