Ararahih'urípih
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páchish / páchishrih- to throw down

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4452 | revised Oct 31 2014

páchish / páchishrih- V • to throw down

Source: WB 1088.1, p.371

  • âapun íp upáchishrihat. She threw it down on the ground. [Reference: KV]
  • ithyáruk ka'íru xás upáchishrihanik. She also then threw it over across the river. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 214]


Sentence examples (4)


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  1. fátaak   vúra      ni-páchish   yítha   kúna   ni-kyâasip  
    somewhere   Intensive   PERF   1s(>3)-throw.down   one   in.addition   1s(>3)-begin  
    I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  2. mâa   yáxa   vaa   puxay   íim   pu-'ipthíith-tih-ara   vaa   vúra   t-i-páchish  
    look!   look!   so   not.yet   2sg.   NEG-finish.weaving-DUR-NEG   so   Intensive   PERF-2s(>3)-throw.down  
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  3. kári   xás   kun-pi-páchish  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-ITER-throw.down  
    Then they threw him down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   u-páchish   pa-maruk'áraar   ukráam   u-paathkúrih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-throw.down   the-uphill.person   lake   3s(>3)-throw.into  
    Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text