Ararahih'urípih
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kumatêeshich still more

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3974 | revised Jun 26 2015

kumatêeshich • ADV • still more

Derivation:  kuma-teesh-ich
3sPOSS--teesh-DIM

  • ... hâari káru vúra áxakiich pakíshap, káru hâari vúra kumatêeshich. ... sometimes only two bundles, and sometimes more. [Reference: TK 90.11]
  • kári xás ta'ítam kúkuum upútyiinkachheen, kumatêeshich. And so he defecated on it again, a little more. [Reference: WB 14: Coyote Eats His Own Excrement 028]

Sentence examples (5)


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  1. tîi   pay   kich   xas   kumatêeshich   kuna   kan-pútyiinkach-i  
    let...   this   only   then   still.more   in.addition   1s(>3)-defecate.on-IMPER  
    Let me do a little bit more of job on it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. xás   kúkuum   vúra   xâatik   vúra   kumatêeshich   kan-'îish-i  
    then   again   Intensive   it's.better   Intensive   still.more   1s(>3)-drink-IMPER  
    And again (he said), "Let me drink a little more."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   ta'ítam   kúkuum   u-pútyiinkach-heen   kumatêeshich  
    then   then   so   again   3s(>3)-defecate.on-ANT   still.more  
    And so he defecated on it again, a little more.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. yáanchiip-kam   kumatêeshich   kun-'áraarahi-tih   pa-'áraar-as  
    next.year-side   still.more   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR   the-human-PL  
    The next year there were more people.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  5. hâari   itroopa-'átiv   káru   vúra   hâari   kumatêeshich  
    sometime   five-burden.basket:load   also   Intensive   sometime   still.more  
    Sometimes there were five basket-loads and sometimes more.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text