Ararahih'urípih
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yúxnaam sand

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7257 | revised Feb 21 2016

yúxnaam • N • sand

Literally: 'flat dirt'

Derivation:  yúux nav-
dirt be.flat.ground

Derivatives (3)
yuxnáamha "to be sandy"
yuxnamxanchíifich "newly hatched frog"
yuxnamxárah "placename near Amekyaram"

Source: WB 1702.1, p.402

  • astíip vúra u'íifti yuxnaam. It grows by the river in the sand. [Reference: TK 47.12]

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. vaa   káan   ithasúpaah   kun-'íin-eesh   kun-tákin-ti   yuxnaam  
    so   there   all.day   3pl(>3s)-(two).be-FUT   3pl(>3s)-leach.(acorn.meal)-DUR   sand  
    They stayed there all day, they soaked acorn dough in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. sáruk   yúxnaam  
    downhill   sand  
    By the river, in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  3. yuxnáam    u-tákir-aheen  
    sand   3s(>3)-leach.(acorn.meal)-ANT  
    She soaked acorns in the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. yúxnaam  
    sand  
    In the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. yúxnaam   vaa   káan   púva   n-éehruuv-tih-ara   pa-yúxnaam  
    sand   that   there   not.yet   1s(>3)-use-DUR-NEG   the-sand  
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás   pa-mú-kiit   yúxnaam   u-'íripkurih-anik   kóova   u-xvíipha-anik  
    then   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   sand   3s(>3)-dig.hole-ANC   so   3s(>3)-be.angry-ANC  
    And his grandmother, she dug into the sand, she got so mad.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  7. payváhiim   váa   káan   vúra   su'   ú-krii   vákay   payváhiim   vakay-'ámtaapkunish   yúxnaam   su'   ú-krii  
    nowadays   so   there   Intensive   inside   3s(>3)-live   worm   nowadays   worm-gray   sand   inside   3s(>3)-live  
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  8. xás   yúxnaam   u-'íripkurih-anik  
    then   sand   3s(>3)-dig.hole-ANC  
    She dug a hole in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  9. astíip   vúr   u-'íif-ti   yúxnaam  
    shore   Intensive   3s(>3)-grow-DUR   sand  
    It grows by the river in the sand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text