Ararahih'urípih
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taxyêem front yard

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5810 | revised Dec 29 2015

taxyêem • N • front yard

Derivatives (3)
taxyéemaam "a placename, part of Ishi Pishi rancheria"
taxyeemákaam "placename at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
taxyeemákaam "name of a woman, Mary, George Wilder's mother"

Source: WB 1360, p.385; TK 263.30

Usage: "Old word," equiv. to iv'îikam 'outside_house' (JPH)..

  • áta hôoy u'ipanivôohiti pamukuntaxyêem. One could not see the end of their yards. [Reference: TK 263.22]
  • kári xás mutaxyêemak káan xás uhyárihish. And he stood still there in his yard. [Reference: WB T52.66]

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  1. kári   xás   mu-taxyêem-ak   káan   xás   u-hyárihish  
    then   then   3sPOSS-front.yard-Locative   there   then   3s(>3)-stand.still  
    Then he stood still there in his yard.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  2. xás   u-xus   kaanvári   ni-p-taxarápishrih-eesh   nani-taxyêem-ak  
    then   3s(>3)-think   in.that.direction   1s(>3)-ITER-end.stride-FUT   1sPOSS-front.yard-Locative  
    And he thought, "I'll stride back there into my yard."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  3. mu-taxyêem-ak   u-taxáraapramnih  
    3sPOSS-front.yard-Locative   3s(>3)-stride.into  
    He strode into his yard.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text