Ararahih'urípih
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pûuvish sack, bag

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5145 | revised Nov 09 2005

pûuvish N • sack, bag

Derivative (1)
thuxrivpûuvish "gunnysack"

Source: WB 1185, p.376; JPH mat 15:708, 778

Note: Locative is pûuvishak.

  • kári xás axvâak ni'axaychákish, xás pûuvishak nithaanámnih. And then I grabbed it by the head, and I put it in a bag. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 009]


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  1. kári   xás   axvâa-k   ni-'axaychákish   xás   pûuvish-ak   ni-saanámnih  
    then   then   head-LOC   1s(>3)-grab   then   bag-Locative   1s(>3)-put.(things).in  
    Then I grabbed him by the head and shoved him into a sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. xás   pûuvish-ak   ni-saanámni  
    then   bag-Locative   1s(>3)-put.(things).in  
    I put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. ta’itam   kúkuum   pûuvish-ak   ni-saanámni-heen  
    so   again   bag-Locative   1s(>3)-put.(things).in-ANT  
    I put him in the sack too.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   kúkuum   pûuvish-ak   ni-saanámni  
    then   then   again   bag-Locative   1s(>3)-put.(things).in  
    And put him in the sack.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  5. xás   ta'itam   kúkuum   pûuvish-ak   ni-saanámni-heen   kúkuum   vúra   yítha   n-ithyúrurupuk  
    then   so   again   bag-Locative   1s(>3)-put.(things).in-ANT   again   Intensive   one   1s(>3)-drag.out  
    I put him in the sack with the rest. Then I dragged out another one.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  6. kári   xás   ú-sxax   pa-nani-pûuvish  
    then   then   3s(>3)-be.smashed   the-1sPOSS-bag  
    Then my sack burst.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  7. ipít   íp   îikam   pûuvish   u-tháaniv.  
    yesterday   PAST   outdoors   bag   3s(>3)-sit.  
    Yesterday there was a bag outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  8. ipít   íp   pûuvish   îikam   u-tháaniv.  
    yesterday   PAST   bag   outdoors   3s(>3)-sit.  
    Yesterday there was a bag outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  9. hôoy   pa-mi-pûuvish  
    where   the-2sPOSS-bag  
    Where's your bag?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  10. pa-nani-pûuvish   uum   iinâak  
    the-1sPOSS-bag   3.SG   indoors  
    My bag is inside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  11. impaah   pa-pûuvish   u-tháaniv  
    trail   the-bag   3s(>3)-sit  
    There's a bag lying in the road.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  12. vaa   káan   pûuvish   thárishrih  
    that   there   bag   put.down  
    Put it in the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  13. páy   pa-pûuvish   u-pshéek  
    this   the-bag   3s(>3)-be.heavy  
    The bag is heavy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  14. páy   pa-pûuvish   vúra   uum   u-pshéek  
    this   the-bag   Intensive   3.SG   3s(>3)-be.heavy  
    The bag is very heavy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  15. ipít   pa-nani-pûuvish   u-pshéek  
    yesterday   the-1sPOSS-bag   3s(>3)-be.heavy  
    My bag was heavy yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  16. ipít   pa-pûuvish   u-pshéek  
    yesterday   the-bag   3s(>3)-be.heavy  
    The bag was heavy yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  17. pa-naa   nee-pshéek-ti   pay   pûuvish  
    NOMZ-1sg.   2s/3s>1s-be.heavy-DUR   this   bag  
    It was the bag that made me heavy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-10) | read full text
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  18. pa-'ápsuun   káan   pûuvish   ú-krii  
    the-snake   there   bag   3s(>3)-live  
    The snake is in the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  19. pa-pûuvish   vaa   káan   pa-'as   ni-paath-kúrih-eesh  
    the-bag   that   there   the-rock   1s(>3)-throw-into.water-FUT  
    I will throw the rock into the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  20. pa-kihara   pûuvish   tháankurih  
    the-key   bag   put.in  
    Put the keys in the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  21. pa-púsihich   t-óo   msákar   pa-pûuvish  
    the-cat.(dimin.)   PERF-3s(>3)   smell.(something)   the-bag  
    The cat is sniffing the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  22. kári   xás   u-'êechip   pa-'apuroon-pûuvish  
    then   then   3s(>3)-pick.up   the-magic.charm-bag  
    And she picked up the charm-bag.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  23. puvish-tunvêech-as  
    bag-small.(pl.)-PL  
    It was (in) little sacks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text