Ararahih'urípih
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ithxup to cover, to lie covering

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3329 | revised Aug 22 2005

ithxup • V • to cover, to lie covering

Derivatives (10)
avithxúpar "cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head"
ithxúpar "a cover"
ithxúpih "to face toward"
ithxúpkoo "to do push-ups on (a surface, like a lizard)"
ithxupkôoch "flat feathering of an arrow"
ithxuptárarish "to lay (something) down on top of (someone)"
ithxúupka "to cling to; to hang on the side of something, as fly on wall or bird on the side of a tree"
ithxúupramnih "to lie face down"
ithxúupsur "to uncover"
ithxúuptakish "to lie down on top of"

Source: WB 783, p.355

Note: Cf. íxup- 'to cover (several objects)'.

  • vaa vúra kupeethxúpahiti kípa vúra murukmûuk takunithxúpahaak sipnúkaamak. They cover (a tobacco basket) in the same way that they cover a big storage basket with a plate basket. [Reference: TK 106.28]
  • koovúra paxun'ávahkam peemvárammuuk takunpíthxuupva. (The girls) covered all the mush bowls with the plates. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 016]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. koovúra   pa-xuun   ávahkam   pa-'imváram   mûuk   tá   kun-p-ithxup-va  
    all   the-acorn.soup   over   the-plate   with.(by.means.of)   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-cover-ESS  
    And each bowl was covered with its plate.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. víri   pa-ni-p-váruprav-ahaak   vaa   ik   ku-mûuk   nee-thxúp-eesh   pa-'árus  
    so   NOMZ-1s(>3)-ITER-come.out-when   so   must   3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of)   2s/3s>1s-cover-FUT   the-seed.basket  
    When I come back out (of the water), you must cover me with the seed-basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam   u-thxúp-aheen  
    so   3s(>3)-cover-ANT  
    So she covered him.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  4. ta'ítam   kun-ithxúp-aheen   pa-'árus   mûuk  
    so   3pl(>3s)-cover-ANT   the-seed.basket   with.(by.means.of)  
    Then they covered it with the seed-basket.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  5. púyava   xás   kári   tá   kun-íthxup   sákriiv   vúra   ikuka-tunvêech-as   múuk  
    you.see   then   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-cover   hard   Intensive   log-small.(pl.)-PL   with.(by.means.of)  
    Then they covered it tightly with little logs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text