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ûupva / ûupvu- to dig (edible roots)
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lexicon ID #6321 | revised Oct 31 2014
ûupva / ûupvu- • V • to dig (edible roots)
Derivative (1)
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"
Source: WB 1492, p.391
- kúkuum imáan poosúpaaha uxus, chími kúkuum kan'ûupvan. Again the next morning she thought, "Let me again go to dig roots." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 008]
- uumkun káru vúra hitíhaan kun'ûupvuti, pa'avansáxiich xákaan. And they (the wife & the boy) are digging roots all the time, together with the boy. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 149]
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kúna vaa vúra ník kun-'áapunmu-tih-anik pa-mukun-vôoh muuk vaa káan taay u-'íif-ti pa-káan hitíhaan kun-'ûupvu-tih-aak pa-tá yíth vaa káan yáanchiip taay u-'íif-ti yíth pa-káan kun-'uupvu-tih-aak there so Intensive a.little 3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC the-3plPOSS-digging.stick with.(by.means.of) that there much 3s(>3)-grow-DUR the-there always 3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-DUR-when NOMZ-PERF other so there next.year much 3s(>3)-grow-DUR other the-there 3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-DUR-when But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full textvaa kun-ipí-ti pa-kun-'ûupvu-tih-aak pa-tayîith vaa yâanchiip kúkuum taay u-'íif-tih so 3pl(>3s)-say-DUR the-3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-DUR-when the-Brodiaea so next.year again much 3s(>3)-grow-DUR They claim that by digging Indian potatoes, more grow up the next year again. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full textvíri vaa káan uum vúra kun-'ûupvu-naa-ti tayiith so so there 3.SG Intensive 3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-PL-DUR Brodiaea (Ground squirrels) were digging brodiaea roots there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full textpúyava táay tá kun-'ûupva pa-tayíith you.see much PERF 3pl(>3s)-dig.roots the-Brodiaea So they dug a lot of brodiaeas. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full textkun-thítiim-ti vaa káan kun-'ûupvu-naa-tih tayiith 3pl(>3s)-hear-DUR so there 3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-PL-DUR Brodiaea They heard that (people) were digging brodiaea roots there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri p-oo-túraayva púra fátaak vúra yâahi-tih-ara pa-kun-'ûupvu-naa-tih p-eekxariya-'ifápiit-sha so NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.around nowhere Intensive be.good-DUR-NEG NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-PL-DUR the-spirit.person-young.unmarried.woman-PL When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri p-oo-ksah-ár-ahi-tih kun-tákaam-tih pa-'asiktávaan pa-kâanimich p-oo-'ûupvu-tih so NOMZ-3s(>3)-laugh-go.to-ESS-DUR 3pl(>3s)-ridicule-DUR the-woman the-poor NOMZ-3s(>3)-dig.roots-DUR So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textvíri-va yiimúsich vúra p-oo-'ûupvu-tih so-so little.ways.off Intensive NOMZ-3s(>3)-dig.roots-DUR She dug roots a little ways away. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full textyáas sárum nu-'ûupvu-tih then Jeffrey.pine.root 1pl(>3)-dig.roots-DUR Then we dug pine roots. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text