Ararahih'urípih
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sárip hazel twigs

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lexicon ID #5323 | revised Nov 10 2005

sárip N • hazel twigs

Source: WB 1215; JPH pla 08:420

  • patuyshipnee'ípanich vasárip vaa uum ipshûunkinichas káru úruhsas. The hazel twigs from the mountain top are short and stubby. [Reference: WB T85.5]
  • sárip sú' uhyâarahiti, xáy sú' uvúunvar uhramsúruvarak patákan. They put a hazel stick inside, so the glue won't run into the pipe. [Reference: TK 157.15]


Sentence examples (17)


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  1. hûut   ata   vaa   pa-sárip   i-tâarahi-va  
    how   maybe   so   the-hazel.twigs   2s(>3)-have-PL.ACT  
    You've gotta have the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. ni--ti   hárivarih-va   sárip   ni-sháan-kurih-at   íshaha-k  
    1s(>3)-think-DUR   when-INDEF   hazel.twigs   1s(>3)-carry.(things)-into.water-PAST   water-Locative  
    [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. vaa   mukun-ikyáviichva   akâayva   vúra      kun-sáruk   pa-mukun-sárip  
    so   3plPOSS-work   anyone   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-bring.(things)   the-3plPOSS-hazel.twigs  
    That was their job, different people brought them their sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. You can't tell,   xâat   xára   i-shanpíithva   pa-sárip  
    You can't tell,   may   long.time   2s(>3)-carry.(things).around   the-hazel.twigs  
    You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5.    ni-paathkúrih-aheen   pa-nani-shárip  
    PERF   1s(>3)-throw.into-ANT   the-1sPOSS-hazel.twigs  
    Then I threw in my sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás   áas   u-páathkurih   xás   koovúra   u-píktit   pa-sárip  
    then   water   3s(>3)-throw.into   then   all   3s(>3)-tear.up   the-hazel.twigs  
    And she threw it in the water, and she unwove all the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. pa-'ifápiit-sha   sárip      kun-ishtúk-an-va  
    the-young.unmarried.woman-PL   hazel.twigs   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pick-go.to-PL.ACT  
    The young women went gathering hazel sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text
  8.    kun-turíshriihva   pa-sárip  
    PERF   3pl(>3s)-carry.loads.of.wood   the-hazel.twigs  
    They carried home the hazel sticks in burden baskets.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text
  9. pa-kúnish   itharípriik   vaa   uum   káan   sarip-yêepshas  
    NOMZ-like   fir.forest   so   3.SG   there   hazel.twigs-good.(pl.)  
    The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  10. pa-tuyshipnee'ípanich   vaa   uum   káan   sarip-kêem-shas  
    the-mountain.peak   so   3.SG   there   hazel.twigs-bad-PL  
    There are bad hazel twigs there on the hilltop.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  11. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-yêepshas   pa-sárip   itharípriik   aayâach   vaa   uum   vâaram-sas   káru   xúnutich  
    so   because.of   NOMZ-good.(pl.)   the-hazel.twigs   fir.forest   it.was.because   so   3.SG   long-PL   also   flexible.(dimin.)  
    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  12. pa-tuyshipnee'ípanich   va-sárip   vaa   uum   ipshûunkinich-as   káru   úruh-sas  
    the-mountain.peak   3sPOSS-hazel.twigs   so   3.SG   low-PL   also   round-PL  
    The hazel twigs of the hilltop are short and stubby (lit., round).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  13. naní-taat   mít   kin-'ípeen-tih-at   tuyshipnee'ípanich   uum   sarip-kêem-shas  
    1sPOSS-mother   near.past   3>1pl-say.to-DUR-PAST   mountain.peak   3.SG   hazel.twigs-bad-PL  
    My mother used to tell us, "They are bad hazel sticks on the hilltop."
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  14. axak-hárinay   xás      -stuk   pa-sárip  
    two-year   then   PERF   1pl(>3)-pick   the-hazel.twigs  
    Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  15. pa-sárip   tá   kun-íshtuuk-vunaa   kun-'ipátsiiprina-tih  
    the-hazel.twigs   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pick-PL   3pl(>3s)-break.with.nails-DUR  
    They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  16. pa-sárip-'atimn-ak   pa-kun-túunfak  
    the-hazel.twigs-pack-basket-Locative   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-carry.(wood).down.from.uphill  
    They carried them downhill in hazel-twig burden baskets.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  17. pa-mukun-'ápxaan   u-kyâar-ahi-ti   sárip   káru   sárum  
    the-3plPOSS-cap   3s(>3)-make.with-ESS-DUR   hazel.twigs   also   Jeffrey.pine.root  
    Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text