Ararahih'urípih
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tíshraam 'prairie', i.e. a level or unwooded place, a valley or clearing; a (cultivated) field; also a placename, Scott Valley

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6096 | revised Jul 22 2014

tíshraam • N • 'prairie', i.e. a level or unwooded place, a valley or clearing; a (cultivated) field; also a placename, Scott Valley

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Source: WB 1391, p.386

  • víri vaa vúra kunipíti axyaráva patíshraam pa'ifápiitsha. They say those flats are full of girls. [Reference: TK 67.18]
  • a'ikrêen uum tishráam usáansipreenik pa'upva'amáyav. Falcon packed in yampah roots from Scott Valley. [Reference: TK 66.20]

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  1. púyava   kúth   uum   p-oo-tíshraam-hi-ti   panámniik  
    you.see   because.of   3.SG   NOMZ-3s(>3)-valley-DENOM-DUR   Orleans  
    That's why there is a flat at Orleans.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás   u-xús   tishráam   kan-vâaram-i  
    then   3s(>3)-think   valley   1s(>3)-go-IMPER  
    And he thought, "Let me go to Scott Valley."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  3. xás   tíshraam   u-fmaanahîichva  
    then   valley   3s(>3)-get.mistress  
    And he had a mistress in Scott Valley.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  4. víri-va   uum   tishrám-niik   pa-kun-íxtiivhi-tih  
    and.so-so   3.SG   valley-place   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-play.(athletic.games)-DUR  
    They played it on a level place.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  5. u-tíshraam-hi-tih  
    3s(>3)-valley-DENOM-DUR  
    It is a valley.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  6. túuyship   u-vêehrim-va   xás   u-tíshraam-hi-tih   mu-súrukam  
    mountain   3s(>3)-stand.(things)-PL.ACT   then   3s(>3)-valley-DENOM-DUR   3sPOSS-under  
    Mountains are standing, and a valley is below them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  7. káan   tishrám-kaam   xás   ú-hthaamhi-tih   káru   ipahá-'anamahach   káan   u-'íihya  
    there   valley-large   then   3s(>3)-plant-DUR   also   tree-little   there   3s(>3)-stand.(long.object)  
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  8. páy   uum   tishrám-kaam   xás   u-tuy-shíiprin-ahi-ti   yiiv  
    this   3.SG   valley-large   then   3s(>3)-mound-up.(pl.action)-ESS-DUR   far  
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text