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túuyship / tuyshipriha- mountain; hill
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6162 | revised Nov 13 2015
túuyship / tuyshipriha- • N • mountain; hill
| Derivation: | tuuy-sip |
| mound-up |
Derivatives (5)
ikxariyátuuyship "Offield Mountain"
túuyship_mukinínaasich "by-name for 'deer'"
túuyship_mu'aramahéeshiip "by-name for púufich 'deer'"
tuyship'ípanich "mountain-top"
vuraarámtuuyship "name of a mountain back of Happy Camp"
Source: WB 1411, p.388
Note: The alternant tuyshipriha-, or its contracted form tuyshipree-, occurs in combinations like tuyshipree'ípan top of the mountain'.
- kári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii. And a big mountain stood there. [Reference: WB T5.90]
- xás yáas máruk tuyshípreek kunívyiihma. And then they went up on the mountain. [Reference: WB T88.7]
Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)