Ararahih'urípih
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támit already in the past

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5630 | revised Nov 14 2014

támit • PCL • already in the past

Derivation:  tah mit
already near.past

Source: WB 1272.2, p.381

Note: No lengthening of /m/.

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. támit   u-'ív-at  
    already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    "He died."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. ayu’âach   púfaat   pa-'ávansa   iináak   pa-nini-'ákah   uum   támit   u-'ív-at  
    it.was.because   nothing   the-man   placename   the-1sPOSS-father   3.SG   already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  3. káan   pihnêefich   ú-krii   mu-yeeripáxvu   xákaan   kun-'iin   mu-hrôoha   támit   u-'ív-at  
    there   coyote   3s(>3)-live   3sPOSS-adolescent.girl   both   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   3sPOSS-wife   already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text