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axvâahar / axvaahara- pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #972 | revised Oct 31 2014
axvâahar / axvaahara- • N • pitch-wood, i.e. wood containing pitch; candle
| Derivation: | axváha-ar |
| pitch-having |
Derivative (1)
axvaaharaathkúrit "kerosene"
Source: WB 241.1, p.328
- xás paaxvâahar uvêehish, tu'áahka. And he stuck the pitchwood in (the sand), he set fire to it. [Reference: WB T32.45]
Sentence examples (5)
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yánava usáanvuti axvaharaxárahsas.
(The boy) saw she was carrying long pieces of pitch-wood.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak,
u'ahítiheesh.
You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xasík vaa ík vúra kóo káan ku'íineesh paaxvâahar tóo msípishrihaak,
xasík kupínaavish."
You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back."Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
xás paaxvâahar uvêehish.
And he stuck the pitch-wood down.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
sáruk utfákutih,
yánava paaxvâahar kári vâaramas uvêehriv.
She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text