Ararahih'urípih
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imnish to cook

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2465 | revised Dec 17 2014

imnish • V • to cook

Derivatives (10)
aséemniishnamich "stone dish (dimin.)"
imníishkirih "to broil, to cook over a fire (as contrasted with stone-boiling)"
imníishram "baking stone (heated for cooking acorn bread); stone tray"
imníshar "to cook with"
imníshfip "to cook completely"
imníshkirihva "to cook meat"
imnishnám'anamahach "stone for cooking (?)"
imnishnam'apvuyhánach "grease tray with a handle"
imnishram'ápvuuy "handle at end of stone tray; frying pan handle"
ishpukeemníshraam "gold refinery"

Source: WB 584, p.345

  • púva néemnish pa'áama. I haven't cooked the salmon yet. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás kúkuum teekxúrar kunimníshaheen. And then again in the evening they had cooked. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 046]

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  1. xás   t-óo   mnish   pa-'únuhich  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)   cook   the-kidney  
    Then he cooked the kidney.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. káru   u-mnîish-ti   pa-kun-'áv-eesh   pa-kun-pavyíihuk-ahaak  
    also   3s(>3)-cook-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-eat-FUT   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-come.back.(pl.)-when  
    Also he was doing the cooking so they should find their meal ready when they came home.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas   mah'íitnihach   kun-'iruvôonsip   xas   kun-'ímnish   xuun  
    then   early.morning   3pl(>3s)-get.up   then   3pl(>3s)-cook   acorn.soup  
    Early the next morning, they got up and cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. kári   xás   kúkuum   tá   ikxúrar   kun-'imnísh-aheen  
    then   then   again   PERF   evening   3pl(>3s)-cook-ANT  
    And then again in the afternoon they cooked.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. koovúra   pa-xvâah   pay'ôok   uum   u-mnîish-tih-eesh  
    all   the-head   right.here   3.SG   3s(>3)-cook-DUR-FUT  
    She is going to cook all the heads.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. páy   uum   pa-'áraar   ú-mniish-ti   pa-chikin'úruh  
    this   3.SG   the-human   3s(>3)-cook-DUR   the-(hen's).egg  
    The man is cooking an egg.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about cooking (SD-03) | read full text
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  7. fâat   kuma-'áv   p-ee-mnísh-eesh  
    what   3sPOSS-food   NOMZ-2s(>3)-cook-FUT  
    What kind of food are you gonna cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  8. pa-'áama   hûut   í-mniish-tih  
    the-salmon   how   2s(>3)-cook-DUR  
    How do you cook the salmon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. áama   ni-mnísh-eesh  
    salmon   1pl(>3)-cook-FUT  
    I am going to cook salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. ipít   áama   ní-mnish  
    yesterday   salmon   1pl(>3)-cook  
    Yesterday I cooked salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. iim   áama   í-mniish-tih  
    2sg.   salmon   2s(>3)-cook-DUR  
    You cooked salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  12. chími   pa-pufích'iish   nu-mnísh-eesh  
    soon   the-deermeat   1pl(>3)-cook-FUT  
    Let's cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. iimkun   pa-pufích'iish   ku-mnísh-eesh  
    2pl.   the-deermeat   2pl(>3)-cook-FUT  
    Are you all going to cook the deer meat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. hãã   koovúra   nu-mnísh-eesh   pa-pufích'iish  
    yes   all   1pl(>3)-cook-FUT   the-deermeat  
    Yes, we are all going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. pûuhara   pa-pufích'iish   pu-kin-imnísh-eesh-ara  
    no   the-deermeat   NEG-1pl(>3)-cook-FUT-NEG  
    No, we are not going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  16. ipít   nú-mniish-ti   pa-pufich'íish  
    yesterday   1pl(>3)-cook-DUR   the-deermeat  
    Yesterday we cooked deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  17. yáv   uum   imnísh-aan   um  
    good   3.SG   cook-Agentive   or  
    Is he a good cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  18. fâat   p-óo-mniish-tih  
    what   NOMZ-3s(>3)-cook-DUR  
    What does he cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  19. t-óo   mnish   pa-'áama  
    PERF-3s(>3)   cook   the-salmon  
    She cooked the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentence: cooking fish (VS-30) | read full text
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  20. pa-'áama   t-óo   mnish  
    the-salmon   PERF-3s(>3)   cook  
    She cooked the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  21. pa-'áama   t-óo   mnish   vúra   uum   kúnish   ikxáramkunish  
    the-salmon   PERF-3s(>3)   cook   Intensive   3.SG   sort.of   black  
    She cooked the fish, it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  22. pa-'áama   t-óo   mnish   xás   vúra   t-u-'íinka  
    the-salmon   PERF-3s(>3)   cook   then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-be.on.fire  
    She cooked the fish and it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  23. pa-'áama   t-óo   mnish   xás   t-u-'íinka  
    the-salmon   PERF-3s(>3)   cook   then   PERF-3s(>3)-be.on.fire  
    She cooked the fish until it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  24. pi'êep-vari   kári   naa   nîinamich   kun-ípeen-ti   chími   p-imnîish-i  
    long.ago-toward   then   1sg.   little   3pl(>3s)-say.to-DUR   soon   ITER-cook-IMPER  
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  25. ta'ítam   tá   nu-p-imnîish   nani-típah   xákaan  
    so   PERF   1pl(>3)-ITER-cook   1sPOSS-brother   with.(one.person)  
    So we cooked, my brother and I.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  26. káru   vaa   pa-fâat   i-xú-ti-haak   kíri   ní-mnish  
    also   so   NOMZ-what   2s(>3)-think-DUR-when   I.wish   1s(>3)-cook  
    (She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. chí   p-imnîish  
    soon   ITER-cook  
    Cook!
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  28. káru   vúra   chími   ni-p-imnísh-eesh  
    also   Intensive   soon   1s(>3)-ITER-cook-FUT  
    And (you can say) just, I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  29. chími   ni-p-imnísh-eesh  
    soon   1s(>3)-ITER-cook-FUT  
    I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  30. chí   ni-p-imnísh-eesh  
    soon   1s(>3)-ITER-cook-FUT  
    I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  31. kári   xás   u-pêer   pa-mu-kústaan   yítha   chími   nu-mnîish-i  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-sister   one   soon   1pl(>3)-cook-IMPER  
    Then one said to her sister, "Let's cook!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  32. kári   xás   ta'ítam   kun-imnísh-aheen  
    then   then   so   3pl(>3s)-cook-ANT  
    And so they cooked it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  33. xás   ikxúrar   tá   kun-ímnish  
    then   evening   PERF   3pl(>3s)-cook  
    And in the evening (the women) cooked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  34. xás   kári   kúkuum   pa-'ifápiit-sha   tá   kun-ímnish  
    then   then   again   the-young.unmarried.woman-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-cook  
    And the young women cooked again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  35. xás   u-xús   tîi   kan-imnîish-i  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   1s(>3)-cook-IMPER  
    Then he thought, "Let me cook it!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  36. xás   t-óo   mnish  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)   cook  
    Then he cooked (the salmon).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  37. áama   tá   kun-ímnish  
    salmon   PERF   3pl(>3s)-cook  
    They cooked salmon.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  38. xás   âapun   vúra   uum   p-oo-tâayhi-ti   pa-mukun-'ásip   káru   vúra   fâat   vúra   pa-kun-tâarahi-ti   pa-kun-imnísh-eesh  
    then   on.the.ground   Intensive   3.SG   NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.many-DUR   the-3plPOSS-bowl   also   Intensive   what   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-have-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-cook-FUT  
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  39. yuhsahrímkaam   tá   kun-mah   vaa   káan   tá   kun-ímnish   xuun   púufich   áama  
    placename   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   so   there   PERF   3pl(>3s)-cook   acorn.soup   deer   salmon  
    They saw (i.e., met) him at yuhsarímkaam; there they cooked acorn soup, venison, salmon.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text