Ararahih'urípih
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ûumukich near, close by

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6312 | revised Nov 11 2005

ûumukich ADJ • near, close by

Derivative (1)
umukíchmahich "every little way"

Source: WB 1485, p.391

  • kári xás ûumukich tu'uum. And he got close. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 035]
  • kúna vúra púvaa mít ihrúuvtihapha, pa'ûumukich veehêeraha. But they never used that, the tobacco near the houses. [Reference: TK 78.9]


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  1. kári   xás   ûumukich   t-u-'uum  
    then   then   near   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    And he got close.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  2. vúra   ûumukich   vúra   t-u-'uum  
    Intensive   near   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    He got real close.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  3. xás   ú-muus-tih   vúra   uum   táay   pa-'íshaha   vúra   ûumukich  
    then   3s(>3)-look.at-DUR   Intensive   3.SG   much   the-water   Intensive   near  
    And he looked; there was a lot of water, just close.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  4. ûumukich   vúra   t-óo   muus-tih   pa-kun-tákiri-tih  
    near   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   look.at-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-leach.(acorn.meal)-DUR  
    Nearby he looked at them leaching.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  5. vúra   vaa   u-thítiim-ti   p-oo-pakurîihvu-tih   vúra      ûumukich   kitâana kitâana íiyaa  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR   Intensive   PERF   near   kitâana kitâana íiyaa  
    He heard the singing that way just close by, "kitâana kitâana îyaa."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  6. xás   u-píip   yee   vúra   ník   kúnish   ûumukich  
    then   3s(>3)-say   well   Intensive   a.little   sort.of   near  
    And he said, "Say, it's kind of close!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  7. yukún   p-eethívthaaneen   vúra   thúkinkunish   xás   kúnish   ûumukich  
    you.see   the-land   Intensive   blue-green   then   sort.of   near  
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  8. páanpay   vúra      ûumukich  
    after.while   Intensive   PERF   near  
    Finally he was close.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  9. kári   xás   pa-'ûumukich   u-'uum   kári   xás   u-xús   hûut   kúth   pa-pu-kana-'aachichhîivrik-tih-ara  
    then   then   NOMZ-near   3s(>3)-arrive   then   then   3s(>3)-think   how   because.of   NOMZ-NEG-3pl>1s-be.glad.to.see-DUR-NEG  
    Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  10. vúra   ûumukich   t-u-'uum  
    Intensive   near   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    She was getting near.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  11. kári   xás   chavúra   ûumukich   t-u-'uum  
    then   then   finally   near   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    And finally she came close.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  12. chátik   vúra      ûumukich  
    finally   Intensive   PERF   near  
    Finally he was close by.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  13. xás   púyava   vúra   t-u-'íhuni      ûumukich  
    then   you.see   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-dance.down.from.uphill   PERF   near  
    And so he danced down close.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  14. kári   xás   u-nhíshriih-va   koovúra   pa-'ûumukich   pa-'áthiith   impaa-k   u-nhíshriih-va  
    then   then   3s(>3)-tie.down-PL.ACT   all   NOMZ-near   the-hazel.withe   trail-LOC   3s(>3)-tie.down-PL.ACT  
    And she tied all the hazel branches nearby, she tied them across the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  15. víri-va   vúra   ûumukich   t-óo   máh   pa-púufich  
    so-so   Intensive   near   PERF-3s(>3)   see   the-deer  
    He would see the deer close by.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text