Ararahih'urípih
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tíik hand, finger

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lexicon ID #6045 | revised Nov 03 2015

tíik N • hand, finger

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Source: WB 1375, p.386

Note: Locative is tíikan.

  • chavúra taxánahishich tiikmûuk vúra tumutváraati. Finally he was putting it into his mouth by handfuls. [Reference: KT 146.17]


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  1. chavúra      xánahishich   tíik   mûuk   vúra   t-u-mutváraa-tih  
    finally   PERF   little.while   hand   with.(by.means.of)   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-put.in.mouth.by.handfuls-DUR  
    Then a little while after he was just feeding it into his mouth by the handful.
    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. tíik   mûuk   vúra   p-oo-mutváraa-tih  
    hand   with.(by.means.of)   Intensive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-put.in.mouth.by.handfuls-DUR  
    He was eating it a handful at a time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. kúna   vúra   pa-tapas-ihêeraha   uum   kúnish   axváhah-ar   tíiky-an   ár   u-xváhahi-ti   pa-t-u-'áffish-ahaak   pa-tapas-ihêeraha  
    in.addition   Intensive   the-real-tobacco   3.SG   sort.of   make.sticky-having.been.-ed   hand-Locative   person   3s(>3)-make.sticky-DUR   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-touch-when   the-real-tobacco  
    But the real tobacco is pithy, it makes a person's hands sticky when one touches it, the real tobacco does.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  4. -tiik   pákxuuyv-i  
    2sPOSS-hand   wash.hands-IMPER  
    Wash your hands.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
    Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play
  5. kári   xás   pa-niinamichtâapas   iknûumin veekxaréeyav   pa--'arama   vaa   vúra   u-kupa-'íf-aha   pa--tiik   u-'ákchaak-tih   xákarari   pa--tiik   u-'ákchaak-tih  
    then   then   the-smallest   Burrill.Peak.spirit   the-3sPOSS-child   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-MODAL-grow-Modal   the-3sPOSS-hand   3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR   on.both.sides   the-3sPOSS-hand   3s(>3)-close.hands-DUR  
    And Burrill Peak Spirit's littlest child grew up this way, his hands were closed, both his hands were closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  6. káru   pa--tiik   yánava   káan   pa-mu-tákasar  
    also   the-3sPOSS-hand   visible   there   the-3sPOSS-shinny.tossel  
    And there in his hands she saw his shinny-tossel.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  7. pa-mukún-tiik   ishvít   kóo   aas   kun-'áak-kurih-tih   pa-kun-'axaychákishrih-tih  
    the-3plPOSS-hand   piece   as.much.as   water   3pl(>3s)-do.with.hands-into.water-DUR   the-3pl(>3s)-grab-DUR  
    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  8. xás   tíikan   u-yuuhrámnih   xás   pa-'arataanva-'úpas   ú-ktaam-ti   tíi-kan  
    then   hand   3s(>3)-spit.into   then   the-disease-saliva   3s(>3)-hold.in.hand-DUR   hand-Locative  
    And she spat into her hands, and she held the pain-saliva in her hands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  9. áxak   -tiik   a'   kun-vêehriv  
    two   the-hand   above   3pl(>3s)-stand.(things)  
    There are two hands, they are standing upwards.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  10. páy   uum   tiik  
    this   3.SG   hand  
    These are hands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  11. xás   pa-'íshaha   t-u-'irihshúr-oo   tik-'ípanich  
    then   the-water   PERF-3s(>3)-drip.off-PL.ACT   hand-top  
    The water is dripping off of the fingertips.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text