Ararahih'urípih
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su' inside; down

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lexicon ID #5502 | revised Nov 17 2014

su' ADV • inside; down

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Source: WB 1248, p.380

  • púyava máruk xás áhup sú' takunmáhyaan, túr takuníkyav. Uphill they put the wood in them, they make a basket-load. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 011]
  • xás sú' u'íipma. And he got down (from the tree). [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 029]


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  1. yánava   váa   kaan   su   pa-'ú-xruunhi-tih  
    visible   that   there   inside   NOMZ-3s(>3)-growl-DUR  
    And the growling came from inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. yánava   su   hôoyvarihva   xas   áhup   n-ikrúkukaa  
    visible   inside   somewhere   then   wood   1s(>3)-poke.in  
    I poked a stick in.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  3. xas   pa-sáruk   ni-p-itfáku-tih   víri   kúna   su   u-p-árihkaa   pihneefích'anamahich  
    then   NOMZ-downhill   1s(>3)-ITER-look.away.downhill-DUR   so   in.addition   inside   3s(>3)-ITER-run.inside   coyote.pup  
    I looked back just in time to see a coyote pup running back into the log.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  4. kári   xás   pa-táaskar   su'   ni-krúkukaa  
    then   then   the-pole   inside   1s(>3)-poke.in  
    I stuck my pole into the hole.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  5. súva   su’   kun-íxruunhi-tih  
    listen!   inside   3pl(>3s)-growl-DUR  
    I could hear them growling.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  6. kári   xas   kári-varih   sú'   kun-íxruunhi-tih  
    then   then   then-toward   inside   3pl(>3s)-growl-DUR  
    The rest were growling inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  7. yánava   sú'   kári   kun-imtaránamhi-tih  
    visible   inside   then   3pl(>3s)-be.visible-DUR  
    And I could see more pups inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  8. yánava   kári   vúra      kári   xas   vaa   kúna   ni-thyúrurupuk   táma   ikrívki   pa-pihnêefich-tunvêechas  
    visible   then   Intensive   inside   then   then   so   in.addition   1s(>3)-drag.out   then   six   the-coyote-small.(pl.)  
    And there was one more still inside. Then I pulled out that one too. There they were, six little coyotes!
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  9. xás   ahup'ásip-ak   sú'   ni-máhyaan  
    then   box-Locative   inside   1s(>3)-put.in  
    I put them in a big wooden box.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  10. chavúra   axak-súpaa   kaan   sú'   kun-'áraarahi-tih  
    finally   two-day   there   inside   3pl(>3s)-live.(pl.)-DUR  
    And kept them there two days.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  11. chímiva   piríshriik   su'   ni-p-thíramkaa  
    soon   brush.pile   inside   1s(>3)-ITER-trail.to  
    As it happened, I tracked him into a patch of brush.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  12. ta'ítam   vaa   káan   su'   u-'árih-ivrath-aheen  
    so   that   there   inside   3s(>3)-jump-over-ANT  
    Then he jumped inside of it there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  13. 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
  14. kári   xás   kun-píip   fâat   kumá'ii   pa-vaa   kaan   su'   ú-krii  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   what   because.of   NOMZ-so   there   inside   3s(>3)-live  
    They said: "What is he in there for?"
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  15. su'   kun-'íxuprim-va  
    inside   3pl(>3s)-prostrate.self-PL.ACT  
    They all got down face on the floor.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  16. payváhiim   váa   káan   vúra   su'   ú-krii   vákay   payváhiim   vakay-'ámtaapkunish   yúxnaam   su'   ú-krii  
    nowadays   so   there   Intensive   inside   3s(>3)-live   worm   nowadays   worm-gray   sand   inside   3s(>3)-live  
    Now she lives in there, she's a bug now, a gray bug, lives in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  17. unúhyaach-as   pa-'uhípih   sú'   kúnish   árunsa-sa  
    circle-PL   the-tobacco.stem   inside   sort.of   empty-PL  
    The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  18. p-eheeraha-'ípa   u-súuf-hi   su'  
    the-tobacco-tree   3s(>3)-backbone-DENOM   inside  
    The tobacco plant has pith inside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  19. áan-kunish   sú'   u-sasípiithva   áachip   áan-kunish   u-'ishipváraa-hi-ti   koovúra   v-oo-kupí-ti   pa-mu-pírish   áachip   áan-kunish   u-'ishipváraa-hi-tih  
    string-like   inside   3s(>3)-spiral.around   middle   string-like   3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR   all   so-3s(>3)-do-DUR   the-3sPOSS-plant   middle   string-like   3s(>3)-run.in.through.(pl.)-ESS-DUR  
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  20. hâari   axmáy'ik   vúra   fátaak      kun-mah   vaa   vúra   taay   -tayiith   xás   sú'   pa-   kun-'ûupvakurih  
    sometime   suddenly   Intensive   somewhere   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   that   Intensive   much   the-Brodiaea   then   inside   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-dig.into.for.roots  
    Sometimes they see at some place a lot of Indian potatoes, and then they dig in under.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  21. yanéekva   vúra   uum   taay   sú'  
    visible   Intensive   3.SG   much   inside  
    Behold there are lots underneath.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. pa-'ápus   uum   su'  
    the-apple(s)   3.SG   inside  
    The apple is inside it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  25. uum   -kun-piip   pa--aasravara-k   íshaha   sú'   aasrávar  
    3.SG   PERF-3pl(>3s)-say   the-3sPOSS-brain-Locative   water   inside   brain  
    People said, "He's got water on his brain, inside the brain."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  26. ikxúrar   t-óo   kxánamh-ach   púyava      kun-vítvarak-va   páah-ak   sú'      kun-'írunaa  
    evening   PERF-3s(>3)   be.night-DIM.(verbs)   you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-paddle.down.from.upriver-PL.ACT   boat-Locative   inside   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)  
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  27. kári   xás   ikmaháchraam   ú-kyiimkuri   su'  
    then   then   sweathouse   3s(>3)-fall.into.water   inside  
    And he fell down into the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  28. xás   sú'   p-óo-'uum   p-oo-tvárayva   pa-mukun-'ikrívkir   koovúra   athkurit-múrax   vúra  
    then   inside   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.around   the-3plPOSS-disk-seat   all   fat-nothing.but   Intensive  
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  29. pihnêefich   páah-ak   kun-ipêer   sú'   ithxuuprámnih-i  
    coyote   boat-Locative   3pl(>3s)-say.to   inside   lie.face.down-IMPER  
    They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  30. xás   pihnêefich   sú'   u-hyívkaanva   arará-taay   kii-hmárarishuk-i   xás   kâam   kii-hmáraroov  
    then   coyote   inside   3s(>3)-shout.acrossriver   human-much   2pl(>3)-run.out.(pl.)-IMPER   then   little.upriver   2pl(>3)-run.upstream.from.here.(pl.)  
    And Coyote shouted in through it, "Lots of people, come out, and run upriver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  31. púyava   máruk   xás   áhup   sú'      kun-máhyaan   túr      kun-íkyav  
    you.see   uphill   then   wood   inside   PERF   3pl(>3s)-put.in   packbasket.load   PERF   3pl(>3s)-make  
    Uphill they put wood in them, they make a basket-load.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  32. xás   sú'   u-'íipma  
    then   inside   3s(>3)-return  
    And he got down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  33. kachakâach   mu-'ápuroon   ku-máh-eesh   hôoyva   ípaha-k   u-tákararihva   sú'   vákay   ú-krii  
    bluejay   3sPOSS-magic.charm   2pl(>3)-see-FUT   somewhere   tree-LOC   3s(>3)-be.hanging   inside   worm   3s(>3)-live  
    You can see Blue Jay's 'devil machine' somewhere, it is hanging on a tree, there's a worm inside.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  34. hûut   chími   u-nísh-eesh   pa-'as   sú'   ú-krii   pa-yuuxmachmahánach  
    how   soon   3s(>3)-do-FUT   the-rock   inside   3s(>3)-live   the-lizard.sp.  
    What was she to do with the rock? Lizard was inside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  35. kári   xás      pu-'ax-hára   ás-ak   sú'   ú-krii   asapatxáxak  
    then   then   PERF   NEG-bite-NEG   rock-live   inside   3s(>3)-live   crack.in.a.rock  
    So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  36. vaa   káan   sú'   vúra   u-p-íkrii  
    so   there   inside   Intensive   3s(>3)-ITER-live  
    She stayed there inside (his penis).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  37. hínupa   chantirih-'îin   sú'   pa-   kun-vôonkurih   vaa   kúth   p-oo-kpaksúr-oo-ti   pa--siish  
    surprise   tick-TOPIC   inside   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-crawl.in   so   because.of   NOMZ-3s(>3)-cut.off-PL.ACT-DUR   the-3sPOSS-penis  
    There it was Tick that crawled into him, that's why he cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  38. vaa   káan   sú'   kun-ívyiihramnih-anik   vaa   u-thivrúhuthun-anik  
    so   tie.up.with   inside   3pl(>3s)-get.into.(pl.)-ANC   so   3s(>3)-float.around-ANC  
    (The people) got inside (the basket) there, they floated around that way.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  39. árus-ak   sú'   t-óo   p-thaanámnih  
    seed.basket-Locative   inside   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-put.into  
    So she put him inside the seed-basket.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  40. yanavéekva   pa-'áama   su'  
    visible   the-salmon   inside  
    He saw the salmon inside
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  41. púyava   sú'   kun-íkrii   ithé-eshyaav  
    you.see   inside   3pl(>3s)-live   one-winter  
    They stay inside all winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  42. púyava   vúra   káan   sú'   u-krítumkuri   hâari   itha-hárinay   káru   hâari   kumá-xara  
    you.see   Intensive   there   inside   3s(>3)-pile.into   sometime   all-year   also   sometime   3sPOSS-long.time  
    So (the acorns) were piled in there, sometimes a year and sometimes longer.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text
  43. p-eekmaháchraam   uum   sú'   u-'íripkurih-ahi-tih  
    the-sweathouse   3.SG   inside   3s(>3)-dig.hole-ESS-DUR  
    The sweathouse was dug down into the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  44. xás   irísh-'aachip   sú'   u-súrukurih-ahi-tih  
    then   floor-middle   inside   3s(>3)-make.hole.into-ESS-DUR  
    And there was a hole in the middle of the floor.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  45. xás   sú'   u-'íripkurih-va  
    then   inside   3s(>3)-dig.hole-ESS  
    And it was dug down into the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  46. xás   pa-yupsítanich   uum   thaxtúuy-ak   vúra   sú'   ú-krii  
    then   the-baby   3.SG   baby.basket-Locative   Intensive   inside   3s(>3)-live  
    And the baby was inside a baby-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  47. itroopatishamniha-súpaah   sú'   ú-krii   ikmaháchraam  
    nine-day   inside   3s(>3)-live   sweathouse  
    He lived in the sweat-house for nine days.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text
  48. xás   sú'   ikmaháchraam   kúuk   t-u-'íipma  
    then   inside   sweathouse   to   PERF-3s(>3)-return  
    Then he went back inside the sweathouse.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text