Ararahih'urípih
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úhthaam garden

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6207 | revised Jan 22 2016

úhthaam N • garden

Literally: 'tobacco-meadow'

Derivation úuh thaam
tobacco meadow

Derivatives (3)
uhcháamach "man's name, Pete Henry"
uhtháamha "to plant"
uhthamha'ávaha "vegetables"

Source: WB 1480.5, p.390; TK 50.11


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  1. payêem   vúra   vaa   káan   taay   u-'íif-ti   pa-káan   píins   kun-'úhthaamhi-tih-irak  
    now   Intensive   so   there   much   3s(>3)-grow-DUR   NOMZ-there   beans   3pl(>3s)-plant-DUR-where  
    They grow more now where beans are planted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  2. vúra   pu-'uhthaamhí-tih-ap  
    Intensive   NEG-plant-DUR-INV  
    They do not sow it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  3. p-eheeraha-'úhthaam-sa  
    the-tobacco-garden-PL  
    Tobacco Plots
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  4. úhthaam  
    garden  
    any garden, orchard, or plantation; a tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  5. uhtháamha  
    plant  
    to plant, to sow
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  6. iheeraha-'úhthaam  
    tobacco-garden  
    tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  7. iheeraha-'uhthamhí-ram  
    tobacco-plant-place  
    tobacco garden
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  8. -mitva   iheeraha-'uhthamhí-ram-hanik  
    NOMZ-former   tobacco-plant-place-ANC  
    former tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  9. pa-'uhípih  
    the-garden  
    Stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  10. purafâat   vúra   káru   kuma-'úhish   utháamhí-tih-ap-hanik   vúra   iheeraha-'úhish   vúra   kích   kun-iyâa-tih-anik  
    nothing   Intensive   also   3sPOSS-seed   plant-DUR-NEG-ANC   Intensive   tobacco-seed   Intensive   only   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-ANC  
    And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  11. vaa   vúra   ník   kun-'áapunmu-tih-anik   káru   vaa   uum   yáv   pa-pírish   ávahkam   kun-ithyúru-thuna-tih-aak   pa-   kun-p-úhthaam-pi-mara-haak  
    so   Intensive   a.little   3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   also   so   3.SG   good   the-plant   over   3pl(>3s)-drag-around-DUR-when   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-garden--finish.doing-when  
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  12. ku-sâam   pa-nunu-'úhthaam  
    3sPOSS-little.downhill   the-1plPOSS-garden  
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  13. káan   tishrám-kaam   xás   ú-hthaamhi-tih   káru   ipahá-'anamahach   káan   u-'íihya  
    there   valley-large   then   3s(>3)-plant-DUR   also   tree-little   there   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)  
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  14. u-tishramhúniih-va   káru   máruk   víri   vaa   káan   káru   u-hthaamhí-ram-hi-tih  
    3s(>3)-be.downhill.slope-PL.ACT   also   uphill   so   so   there   also   3s(>3)-plant-place-DENOM-DUR  
    There are fields on the slopes uphill also, there is cultivated ground there too.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  15. páy   uum   úhthaam   koon-múrax  
    this   3.SG   garden   corn-nothing.but  
    This is a garden, nothing but corn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text