Ararahih'urípih
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tîimich the very edge

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6047 | revised Nov 03 2015

tîimich • N • the very edge

Derivation:  tíim-ich
edge-DIM

Derivatives (2)
astîimich "a placename"
uchkamtîimich "placename near Katimin"

Source: WB 1377, p.386

Note: Alt. -tiimich occurs in some compounds. Sometimes contracted to -tîich at the end of compounds, e.g. ifuchtîimich or ifuchtîich 'last'.

  • xás ukpíihti pamusápik mûuk, pa'ahinámtiimich. And then she keeps poking with her poker-stick by the fireplace. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 058]
  • maruk'áraar vaa káan uknámtiimich úkrii. A giant lives there at the edge of the lake. [Reference: WB T55.3]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. kári   xás   uum   u-'áasish   ahinám-tiimich  
    then   then   3.SG   3s(>3)-lie.down   fireplace-very.edge  
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   ahinám-tiich   vúra   u-krêe-nik   amtápnihich  
    then   then   fireplace-very.edge   Intensive   3s(>3)-live-ANC   ashy.place  
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   kun-piip   maruk'áraar   vaa   káan   úknam-tiimich   ú-krii  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   uphill.person   so   there   lake-very.edge   3s(>3)-live  
    And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  4. káruma   t-u-'íchunva   pa-'ávansa   impáh-tiimich  
    in.fact   PERF-3s(>3)-hide.oneself   the-man   trail-very.edge  
    The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  5. xás   píshiip   uum   ishahá-tiimich   tá   kun-'íripkuri   su'vári   vúra  
    then   first   3.SG   water-very.edge   PERF   3pl(>3s)-dig.hole   deep   Intensive  
    And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text