Ararahih'urípih
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ku- its (possessive); kind of ...; some ... or other, used with certain locations

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lexicon ID #3940 | revised Aug 12 2014

ku- PREF • its (possessive); kind of ...; some ... or other, used with certain locations

Note: Short for kuma-; used only with certain locations, e.g. kumâam 'uphill from there'.


Short recordings (2) | Sentence examples (13)


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  1. chôora   ku-mâam  
    let's.go   3sPOSS-uphill  
    Let's go uphill!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play
  2. ku-mâam   -vyiiship  
    3sPOSS-uphill   1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)  
    Let's go uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  3. ipít   ku-mâam   -vyiishipriv  
    yesterday   3sPOSS-uphill   1pl(>3)-go.away.(pl.)  
    Yesterday we went up the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  4. ku-mâam      ni-'árihishrih  
    3sPOSS-uphill   PERF   1s(>3)-become  
    I made it to the top of the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play
  5. ku-sâam   pa-nunu-'úhthaam  
    3sPOSS-little.downhill   the-1plPOSS-garden  
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play
  6. xás   pa-mu-'afupchúrax   vaa   ku-mûuk   u-p-sívshap  
    then   the-3sPOSS-anus   that   3sPOSS-with.(by.means.of)   3s(>3)-ITER-seal.up  
    And he sealed up his anus with that.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  7. xás   víri   kúna   ku-mâam   kun-ihmárafak   pa-kah'árah-sas  
    then   so   in.addition   3sPOSS-uphill   3pl(>3s)-run.down.from.uphill.(pl.)   the-Shasta.Indian-PL  
    And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  8. u--tih   ku-mâam   ú-krii   pa-kúusrah  
    3s(>3)-think-DUR   3sPOSS-uphill   3s(>3)-live   the-sun  
    He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  9. víri   kúna   ku-kâam   t-óo   kvírip-varak  
    so   in.addition   3sPOSS-little.upriver   PERF-3s(>3)   run-down.from.upriver  
    (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  10. 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
  11. imáankam   tasáxaak   -maam   kun-íshriim-tih  
    next.day   placename   3sPOSS-behind   3pl(>3s)-shoot.at.targets-DUR  
    The next day they shot at targets behind tasáxaak.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  12. ku-máam   vúra   hôoy   u-píip   p-oo-'aramsîip   t-u-vásip  
    3sPOSS-uphill   Intensive   where   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-3s(>3)-start.out   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up  
    He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play
  13. payêem   vúra   hôoyva   u-'aramsîipriv-tih   pu-'aapunmuti   u--ti   ku-mâam   vúra   u-píip   p-oo-'aramsîipriv-tih  
    now   Intensive   somewhere   3s(>3)-start.out-DUR   NEG-know   3s(>3)-think-DUR   3sPOSS-uphill   Intensive   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-3s(>3)-start.out-DUR  
    He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play