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ithxup to cover, to lie covering
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3329 | revised Aug 22 2005
ithxup • V • to cover, to lie covering
Derivatives (10)
avithxúpar "cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head"
ithxúpar "a cover"
ithxúpih "to face toward"
ithxúpkoo "to do push-ups on (a surface, like a lizard)"
ithxupkôoch "flat feathering of an arrow"
ithxuptárarish "to lay (something) down on top of (someone)"
ithxúupka "to cling to; to hang on the side of something, as fly on wall or bird on the side of a tree"
ithxúupramnih "to lie face down"
ithxúupsur "to uncover"
ithxúuptakish "to lie down on top of"
Source: WB 783, p.355
Note: Cf. íxup- 'to cover (several objects)'.
- vaa vúra kupeethxúpahiti kípa vúra murukmûuk takunithxúpahaak sipnúkaamak. They cover (a tobacco basket) in the same way that they cover a big storage basket with a plate basket. [Reference: TK 106.28]
- koovúra paxun'ávahkam peemvárammuuk takunpíthxuupva. (The girls) covered all the mush bowls with the plates. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 016]
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koovúra pa-xuun ávahkam pa-'imváram mûuk tá kun-p-ithxup-va all the-acorn.soup over the-plate with.(by.means.of) PERF 3pl(>3s)-ITER-cover-ESS And each bowl was covered with its plate. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textpihnêefich páah-ak kun-ipêer sú' ithxuuprámnih-i coyote boat-Locative 3pl(>3s)-say.to inside lie.face.down-IMPER They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textta'ítam pihnêefich ú-thxuupramnih so coyote 3s(>3)-lie.face.down So Coyote lay face down in it. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textchavúra t-u-'ûuri pihnêefich p-óo-thxuupramnih finally PERF-3s(>3)-be.unwilling coyote NOMZ-3s(>3)-lie.face.down Finally Coyote got tired of lying face down. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textyánava pa-pihnêefich ávahkam t-óo thxuuptakiish visible the-coyote over PERF-3s(>3) lie.down.on.top.of They saw Coyote was lying on top (of the girl). Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textvíri pa-ni-p-váruprav-ahaak vaa ik ku-mûuk nee-thxúp-eesh pa-'árus so NOMZ-1s(>3)-ITER-come.out-when so must 3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of) 2s/3s>1s-cover-FUT the-seed.basket When I come back out (of the water), you must cover me with the seed-basket." Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textta'ítam u-thxúp-aheen so 3s(>3)-cover-ANT So she covered him. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textta'ítam kun-ithxúp-aheen pa-'árus mûuk so 3pl(>3s)-cover-ANT the-seed.basket with.(by.means.of) Then they covered it with the seed-basket. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textkári xás ávahkam ú-thxuuptakiish pa-puyâahara then then over 3s(>3)-lie.down.on.top.of the-dead.person And she lay on top of the corpse. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textpúyava xás kári tá kun-íthxup sákriiv vúra ikuka-tunvêech-as múuk you.see then then PERF 3pl(>3s)-cover hard Intensive log-small.(pl.)-PL with.(by.means.of) Then they covered it tightly with little logs. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text