Ararahih'urípih
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tátuy- to sweep

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5752 | revised Nov 17 2014

tátuy- V • to sweep

Derivatives (5)
tátuyship "to sweep up"
tátuyshur "to sweep off"
tátuyshurar "broom"
tatuytátuy "sweep over"
tátuyish "sweep"

Source: WB 1340, p.384

Note: Bound stem, used with derivational affixes.


Sentence examples (10)

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  1. xas   îikam   kích   vúra   pa-kun-tátuyshur  
    then   outdoors   only   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-sweep.off  
    Then they swept the outside platform nicely.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2.    ni-tátuyshuru  
    PERF   1s(>3)-sweep.off  
    I am sweeping the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  3. ni-tátuyshur-eesh  
    1s(>3)-sweep.off-FUT  
    I am going to sweep the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  4. ni-tátuyshur-eesh   pa-'îirish  
    ?-sweep.off-?   the-floor  
    I am going to sweep the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  5. oh   vúra   u-tátuyishrih-ti   vaa   vúra   páy   pa-porch  
    oh   Intensive   3s(>3)-sweep.down-DUR   that   Intensive   this   the-porch  
    Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. káru   p-oo-tátuyishrih-at   koovúra   pa-porch  
    also   NOMZ-3s(>3)-sweep.down-PAST   all   the-porch  
    And she swept the whole porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. vúra   uum   chêech   t-u-tátuyish  
    Intensive   3.SG   quickly   PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.down  
    She is sweeping it fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. chêech   t-u-tátuyishrih   pa-porch  
    quickly   PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.down   the-porch  
    She is sweeping the porch fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. vúra   chêech   t-u-tátuyishrih   pa-porch  
    Intensive   quickly   PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.down   the-porch  
    She is sweeping the porch fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. kári   xás   kúkuum   vúra   vaa   t-óo   kuupha   t-u-tátuyshiprim-tih   xás   t-óo   yvêesh   pa-xuun  
    then   then   again   Intensive   that   PERF-3s(>3)   do   PERF-3s(>3)-sweep.up-DUR   then   PERF-3s(>3)   pour.out   the-acorn.soup  
    So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text