Ararahih'urípih
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tishániik / tishanih- placename near Camp Creek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6093 | revised Nov 04 2015

tishániik / tishanih- • N • placename near Camp Creek

Derivation:  DUM-riik  (= DUM-rii-k)
DUM-place  (= DUM-place-LOC)

Derivatives (3)
tishanihmâam "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
tishanihmâasuum "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
tishaníhthuuf "Camp Creek"

Source: WB 1390.2, p.386; TK 105.38

  • kári xás tishaníh'uuth upíytuuykar. And he kicked (earth) out at Camp Creek village. [Reference: WB T2.63]

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  1. kári   xás   tishaníh-'uuth   u-píytuuykar  
    then   then   placename-out.to.water   3s(>3)-kick.into.river  
    And he kicked it out from tishániik.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. tishaníh-'uuth   úuth   u-piytúykaan-va  
    placename-out.to.water   out.to.water   3s(>3)-kick.into.river-PL.ACT  
    He kicked it out from tishánii
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  3. xás   pa-tishanih-yûum   u-kvíriprup   víri   kúna   kâam   pa-'îin   kun-'áharamu-ti   tá   kun-ihmáravarak  
    then   NOMZ-placename-uphill.downriver   3s(>3)-run.off..downriver   so   in.addition   little.upriver   NOMZ-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-follow-DUR   PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.downstream.from.here.(pl.)  
    And when he ran downriver from tishániik, the ones following him were running down just upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text