Ararahih'urípih
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súruk under, beneath

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5478 | revised Dec 11 2015

súruk N • under, beneath

Derivation su'-ruk
inside-DIR

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1248.3, p.380

  • xás máruk píshiip u'uum, asasúruk. So first he went up under the rock. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 023]
  • xás uyúhish pá'aah kufipshúruk. And he spat out the fire under a willow. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 060]


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  1. xas   asiv-súruk   su'   u-tápichkaa  
    then   cave-under   inside   3s(>3)-slip.to  
    Then he slipped in under a rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. apsunmunukich   xas   u-párihishrih-anik   vaa   vura   kaan   asiv-súruk   u-tápichkaa-nik  
    racer.snake   then   3s(>3)-be.transformed-ANC   so   Intensive   there   cave-under   3s(>3)-slip.to-ANC  
    Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  3. hâari   vaa   káan   vúra   mu-pîimach      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
  4. vúra   fâatva   vaa   vúra   -vaa   kupí-tih-an   sú'   ithivthaneen-súruk   u-sanpîithvu-tih  
    Intensive   something   so   Intensive   NOMZ-that   do-DUR-Participial   inside   land-under   3s(>3)-carry.(things).around-DUR  
    Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  5. xás   u-yúhish   -'aah   kufip-shúruk  
    then   3s(>3)-spit.out   the-fire   velvet.willow-under  
    And he spat out the fire under a willow.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  6. ta'ítam   yítha   pa-mu-svírik   mûuk   mâaka   u-'iik   thivrihva-súruk  
    so   one   the-3sPOSS-elbow   with.(by.means.of)   little.uphill   3s(>3)-hit   wall.board-under  
    So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  7. víri   vaa   ku-thítiim-tih-eesh   -naa   kâarim      ni-xus   p-eeshvirip-shúruk   p-oo-fyúku-tih-at   yakún   na   vaa   pee-shvírip  
    so   so   2pl(>3)-hear-DUR-FUT   NOMZ-1sg.   bad   PERF   1s(>3)-think   the-Jeffrey.pine-under   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go.around-DUR-PAST   you.see   1sg.   so   the-Jeffrey.pine  
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  8. xás   pa-'avansaxich-á-kaam   u-tníshuk   vasa-súruk  
    then   the-boy--large   3s(>3)-peek   blanket-under  
    And the big boy was peeking out from under the blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  9. asa-súruk   kúuk      kun-ihmárava  
    rock-under   to   PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.to.there.(pl.)  
    They ran underneath a rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  10. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   -myaahti   hûutva   kóo   -myaahti   vúra   iim   fátaak   asa-súruk   vaa   káan   i-'ifchíkinku-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sPOSS-life   somehow   as.much.as   2sPOSS-life   Intensive   2sg.   somewhere   rock-under   so   there   2s(>3)-be.stuck.onto-DUR-FUT  
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  11. vuraakira-súruk   vúra   ú-krii  
    ladder-under   Intensive   3s(>3)-live  
    He stayed underneath the ladder (leading into the house).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  12. kári   xás   u-thítiim-tih   pa-vuraakira-súruk   ikrêe-n   pa-niinamichtâapas  
    then   then   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   the-ladder-under   live-Participial   the-smallest  
    And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  13. xás   kári   pa-preacher   mu-hrôoha   u-máh   fâat   t-u-'úrishuk   sichakvutvara-súruk  
    then   then   the-preacher   3sPOSS-wife   3s(>3)-see   what   PERF-3s(>3)-take.out   belt-under  
    And the preacher's wife saw her take something out of the belt.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text
  14. xás   avansáxiich   uum   u-'áhoo-tih   pa-'ipaha-súruk   kúnish   t-u-'uum  
    then   boy   3.SG   3s(>3)-go-DUR   the-tree-under   sort.of   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  15. xás   pa-'avansáxiich   ipaha-súruk   t-u-'uum  
    then   the-boy   tree-under   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    The boy is going under a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  16. chishíi   u-hyári   amkira-súruk  
    dog   3s(>3)-stand   table-under  
    A dog is standing under a table.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text