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tíim / tiim edge
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6046 | revised Nov 03 2015
tíim / tiim • N • edge
Derivatives (22; show derivatives)
Source: WB 1377, p.386
Note: Both tíim and tiim are used as basic forms. The diminutive is tîimich.
- pa'ás kúnish tuvurúniihva, tiim. It was sort of running over the edge of the rock. [Reference: WB 14: Coyote Eats His Own Excrement 030]
- itrôop patíim poo'ifshúrooti su'. Five of them stick off around the sides. [Reference: TK 57.23]
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váa ta ifuchtîimich váa tápaan u-xraam pa-mú-kiit mu-yáfus that PERF last.one that must(?) 3s(>3)-bet the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman 3sPOSS-dress Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full textpirish-yâamach-as xútnahich-as tinihyâach-as ipaníchih-sha tíim-xuuskunish-as plant-pretty-PL thin-PL quite.wide-PL -PL edge-smooth-PL They are nice leaves, thin [sheetlike], not very wide, sharp pointed, smooth-edged. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textkári xás ifuchtîimich iinâak tá kun-pávyiihfuruk áas tá kun-píshan-va then then last.time indoors PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.back.indoors.(pl.) water PERF 3pl(>3s)-go.to.drink.again-PL.ACT And they went into the living house for the last time, they went to eat a meal. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textvíri p-oo-tníshuk víri uumyâach kun-ip-thivrúhish úuth yúrastiim so NOMZ-3s(>3)-peek so just.barely 3pl(>3s)-ITER-float.ashore out.to.water seashore When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás yurástiim u-thivrúhish then seashore 3s(>3)-float.ashore And he floated ashore on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás áxak ifuchtîimich tá kun-saam then two last.one PERF 3pl(>3s)-remain And there were two (runners) left at the end. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textpa-'ás kúnish t-u-vurúniih-va tiim the-rock sort.of PERF-3s(>3)-flow.downhill.from.here-ESS edge It was sort of running over the edge of the rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textsaamvaróo-tiim aratváraf u-'áam-tih creek-edge black.mud 3s(>3)-eat-DUR He eats mud on the edge of creeks. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás uum u-'áasish ahinám-tiimich then then 3.SG 3s(>3)-lie.down fireplace-very.edge And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textifuchtîimich p-oo-p-itvâavnuk-anik yánava pura fátaak last.time NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-look.down.over-ANC visible nowhere The last time he looked over, (the falls) were nowhere to be seen. Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full textkári xás chishíi ifuchtîimich then then dog last.one And Dog was last. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás u-má káan ishkéesh-tiim kun-'iin then 3s(>3)-see there river-edge 3pl(>3s)-(two).be And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textkári xás vaa kâam ifuchtîimich kun-ítvaavnuk aseeshtákak then then so little.upriver last.time 3pl(>3s)-look.down.over placename And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás ahinám-tiich vúra u-krêe-nik amtápnihich then then fireplace-very.edge Intensive 3s(>3)-live-ANC ashy.place And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes. Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textkári xás kun-piip maruk'áraar vaa káan úknam-tiimich ú-krii then then 3pl(>3s)-say uphill.person so there lake-very.edge 3s(>3)-live And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake. Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textkári xás kin-ipéer pa-'áraar t-u-'ív-ahaak vaa ík apmántiim ku-yvúruk-tih-eesh then then 3pl>3pl-say.to NOMZ-human PERF-3s(>3)-die-when that must lip 2pl(>3)-rub-DUR-FUT And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textkáruma t-u-'íchunva pa-'ávansa impáh-tiimich in.fact PERF-3s(>3)-hide.oneself the-man trail-very.edge The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full textxás píshiip uum ishahá-tiimich tá kun-'íripkuri su'vári vúra then first 3.SG water-very.edge PERF 3pl(>3s)-dig.hole deep Intensive And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full textkáan asiktávaan u-hyári yurástiim there woman 3s(>3)-stand seashore A woman is standing there on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayôok yurástiim kun-ifyúkiichvu-tih pa-'ávansa káru pa-yeeripáxvuh right.here seashore 3pl(>3s)-go.around-DUR the-man also the-adolescent.girl Here the man and the girl are taking a walk on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text