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sawabe, n.

sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

Derived from: -be "absolutive suffix"

Examples

  • paba'yoo sawabe "big sagebrush" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • paba'yoo sawabe "big sagebrush" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • paba'yoo sawabe "sagebrush" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • sawabe "sagebrush" (Spoken by Grace Dick)
  • sawabe "sagebrush" (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • sawabeggayna wadzekatu "hide in sagebrush (for ambush)" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Paba paba kapadoohoose yise oetoo sawabe natunayhoosewunnu udutuggu.
    Then you make a big bed of sagebrush there and burn it to make it hot.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)
  • Sawabe.
    Sagebrush.
    (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • Yayah, sawabe okoobatoo tunaykwu, penaynootsgooba tunayse.
    Yeah, you burn the sagebrush on top of it, and then you burn it on top of the pinenuts.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann)
  • Saa'a yise ooka sawabe kado'o manayse and thayn teepu okoobatoo wokwatekwu.
    And then when the sagebrush is gone, you dump dirt on it.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)
  • Yise suggwanne ookooba sawabe panayhoose.
    And then you burn a little bit of sagebrush on top.
    (Spoken by Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens)

Related words

bare stem  sawa

Examples

  • sawa hoodzeba "white-crowned sparrow" (Spoken by Madeline Stevens)
  • sawa hoodzeba "white-crowned sparrow" (Spoken by Edith McCann)

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