Ararahih'urípih
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ma' uphill, in the mountains

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4289 | revised Jul 22 2014

ma' • ADV • uphill, in the mountains

Derivatives (2)
mahihêeraha "mountain tobacco"
mah'ápxaan "hunter's hat, overlaid mostly with pine roots"

Note: The form ma' occurs by itself and in a few combintions, e.g. ma'hínva 'uphillward'. The form mah- usually occurs before nouns, as in máhsaan 'mountain maple'. 'uphillwards'

    Sentence examples (7)

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    1. xas   pa-púufich   tá   kun-thathyúrufuruk-va   ma'   kûukam  
      then   the-deer   PERF   3pl(>3s)-drag.indoors.(pl.)-PL.ACT   uphill   in.that.direction  
      Then they dragged in the deer through the hole in the wall at the back of the house.
      Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

    2. sah-ihêeraha   káru   mah-ihêeraha  
      downhill-tobacco   also   uphill-tobacco  
      "Downslope and Upslope Tobacco"
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

    3. xás   má'   u-kvíripuraa  
      then   uphill   3s(>3)-run.up.from.downhill  
      And he ran up into the mountains.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

    4. xás   axmáy   ithyáruk   má'   pihnêefich   u-kpêehva   shúuuuuhuuuuu  
      then   suddenly   across   uphill   coyote   3s(>3)-shout   coyote.howl  
      And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

    5. xás   u-píip   pa-kéevriik   uum   vúra   má'   t-óo   kvéesh  
      then   3s(>3)-say   the-old.woman   3.SG   Intensive   uphill   PERF-3s(>3)   spend.night  
      And the old woman said, "She's spending the night in the mountains.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

    6. hôoyva   má'   p-oo-mkaanvúrayvu-tih  
      somewhere   uphill   NOMZ-3s(>3)-gather.here.and.there-DUR  
      She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

    7. táay   vúra   kun-pâakuhi-naa-ti   má'   pâakuhiv  
      much   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-gather.acorns-PL-DUR   uphill   acorn.picking.time  
      A lot of people were picking acorns in the mountains, in acorn season.
      Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text