Ararahih'urípih
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-pîimich / -pîimach next to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4815 | revised Oct 31 2014

-pîimich / -pîimach • N • next to

Derivatives (2)
ivpîimach "near the house"
tikankampîimach "forefinger"

Source: WB 1137, p.374

Note: Bound stem; used mainly with possessives, e.g. mupîimach 'next to him'.

  • xás vaa mukunpîimich mít u'ívatak. And near them someone had died. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 005]
  • vaa vúra avpîimich poo'axaychákishrihti, xakararátiik mûuk. He holds it close to his face with both hands. [Reference: TK 233.10]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (15)

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  1. hâari   vaa   káan   vúra   mu-pîimach   tá   kun-mah   akthiptunv-eech-iváxrah   âapun   ithivthaneen-súruk  
    sometime   that   there   Intensive   3sPOSS-next.to   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   barley-small.(pl.)-dry   on.the.ground   land-under  
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  2. taay   tûupichas   u-'íif-ti   sú'   vaa   mu-pîimachich   pa-tayîith  
    much   small.ones   3s(>3)-grow-DUR   inside   that   3sPOSS-next.to   the-Brodiaea  
    There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  3. pîimich   ni-'úum-eesh   kahtíshraam  
    next.to   1s(>3)-arrive-FUT   Yreka  
    I am going near Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  4. naa   kahtíshraam   mu-pîimich   káan   pa-ní-krii  
    1sg.   Yreka   3sPOSS-next.to   there   NOMZ-1s(>3)-live  
    I live nearby Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  5. chivchakara-pîimich  
    door-next.to  
    It is by the door.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  6. aha-pîimich   kaan   ú-krii  
    fire-next.to   there   3s(>3)-live  
    He's sitting close to the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. xás   kun-ipêer   vaa   káan   kúniihk-i   mu-fithíhkaam   mu-pîimich   vaa   káan   pa-mú-thvaay   u-tháaniv  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   so   there   shoot.at-IMPER   3sPOSS-big.toe   3sPOSS-next.to   so   there   the-3sPOSS-chest   3s(>3)-sit  
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  8. xás   mu-pîimach   u-hyárih  
    then   3sPOSS-next.to   3s(>3)-stand  
    Next to her a man is standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  9. káru   yítha   pa-'ávansa   mu-pîimach   u-hyárih  
    also   one   the-man   3sPOSS-next.to   3s(>3)-stand  
    And one man is standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  10. xás   payêem   áxak   pa-'ávansa   vúra   káan   mu-pîimach   kun-'iruvêehriv  
    then   now   two   the-man   Intensive   there   3sPOSS-next.to   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)  
    Now two men are standing there next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  11. xás   mu-pîimach   pa-mu-'áka   u-hyárih  
    then   3sPOSS-next.to   the-3sPOSS-father   3s(>3)-stand  
    Next to her is standing her father.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  12. kúkuum   vúra   vaa   káan   u-hyárih   payêem   áxak   pa-'ávansa   mu-pîimach   kun-'iruvêehriv  
    again   Intensive   so   there   3s(>3)-stand   now   two   the-man   3sPOSS-next.to   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)  
    Again she is standing there like that, now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  13. xás   pa-mu-'áka   mu-pîimach   u-hyárih  
    then   the-3sPOSS-father   3sPOSS-next.to   3s(>3)-stand  
    Her father is standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  14. xás   payêem   áxak   pa-'ávansa   kun-'iruvêehrim   mu-pîimach  
    then   now   two   the-man   3pl(>3s)-stand.(long.objects)   3sPOSS-next.to  
    Now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  15. káru   pirish-xárah-sa   u-vêehrim-va   mu-pîimach  
    also   plant-long-PL   3s(>3)-stand.(things)-PL.ACT   3sPOSS-next.to  
    And tall grass is standing next to him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text