Ararahih'urípih
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ûupva / ûupvu- to dig (edible roots)

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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-   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 text
  2. vaa   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 text
  3. víri   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 text
  4. púyava   táay      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 text
  5. kun-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 text
  6. víri   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 text
  7. víri   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 text
  8. víri-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 text
  9. yáas   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