Ararahih'urípih
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mâam uphill (a short distance)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4147 | revised Aug 05 2014

mâam ADV • uphill (a short distance)

Derivatives (2)
asipakmâam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"

Source: WB 953.19, p.365

Note: Contraction of mâakukam, mâakam; never glottalized.

  • xás víri kúna kumâam kunihmárafak pakah'árahsas. And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 057]


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  1. xás   mâam-vanih-ich      kun-'írunaa  
    then   uphill-toward-DIM   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)  
    Then they traveled up slope a little ways.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
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  6. Kúkuum  
    again  
    Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | 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. mâam   pa-kúusra   t-u-váruprav  
    uphill   the-sun   PERF-3s(>3)-come.out  
    The sun rose just uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  9. 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
  10. xás   aseeshtákak   p-oo-p-itvâavnuk   mâam   páykuuk   u-mah      kun-p-ífukraa   -'arama   xákaan  
    then   placename   NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-look.down.over   uphill   over.there   3s(>3)-see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-climb.uphill.(plural)   3sPOSS-child   both  
    And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  11. káru   pa-'avansáxiich   uum      mâam   kun-'íkakraa  
    also   the-boy   3.SG   PERF   uphill   3pl(>3s)-jump.uphill.to.here.(pl.)  
    And the boys were already climbing uphill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  12. víri   káan   ník   mâam   kun-'iruveehrím-piithva  
    so   there   a.little   uphill   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)-around  
    They stood around uphill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  13. kári   xás   p-oo-vâaram   mâam-vanih-ich   t-óo   kfuukra  
    then   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go   uphill-toward-DIM   PERF-3s(>3)   climb.up.from.downhill  
    So when he went, he climbed a little ways uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  14. víri   kún   mu-mâam   áxak   ifápiit-sha   kun-irúfak  
    so   meaning.unknown   3sPOSS-uphill   two   young.unmarried.woman-PL   3pl(>3s)-come.down.(du.)  
    There uphill from him two young women came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  15. xás   -mita   îin   kun-síitv-at   ú-peen-ti   xáyfaat   mâam   kúuk   i-kuníhivraa  
    then   NOMZ-near.past   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-steal-PAST   3s(>3)-say.to-DUR   don't!   uphill   to.there   2s(>3)-shoot.over  
    And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  16. xás   mâam   kúuk   u-kúniihva   yiimúsich   vúra  
    then   uphill   to.there   3s(>3)-shoot   little.ways.off   Intensive  
    So he shot a little ways uphillward.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  17. púya   mâam   kanée-peen-tih   axicha-'êechkee-puh-ich   -krii  
    and.so   uphill   3pl>1s-say.to-DUR   child-kidnap-having.been.-ed-DIM   1s(>3)-live  
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  18. púyava   pa-t-óo   kvírip-uni   pa-'áthiith   t-óo   kuuyva   mâam   xás   t-u-p-ikyívish  
    you.see   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)   run-down   the-hazel.withe   PERF-3s(>3)   strike   uphill   then   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-fall.down  
    And when he ran downhill, he hit the hazel branches, and he fell back to the ground uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  19. mâam   pa-t-u-súpaaha   maruk   t-oo   trâa   t-u-vásip  
    uphill   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day   uphill   PERF-3s(>3)   look.upward   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up  
    When day broke, he looked uphill and it was rising uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  20. 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
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  21. 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