Ararahih'urípih
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túuyship / tuyshipriha- mountain; hill

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lexicon ID #6162 | revised Nov 13 2015

túuyship / tuyshipriha- • N • mountain; hill

Derivation:  tuuy-sip
mound-up

Derivatives (5)
ikxariyátuuyship "Offield Mountain"
túuyship_mukinínaasich "by-name for 'deer'"
túuyship_mu'aramahéeshiip "by-name for púufich 'deer'"
tuyship'ípanich "mountain-top"
vuraarámtuuyship "name of a mountain back of Happy Camp"

Source: WB 1411, p.388

Note: The alternant tuyshipriha-, or its contracted form tuyshipree-, occurs in combinations like tuyshipree'ípan top of the mountain'.

  • kári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii. And a big mountain stood there. [Reference: WB T5.90]
  • xás yáas máruk tuyshípreek kunívyiihma. And then they went up on the mountain. [Reference: WB T88.7]

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  1. kári   xás   vaa   káan   tuyshiprée-kaam   ú-krii  
    then   then   so   there   mountain-large   3s(>3)-live  
    And a big mountain sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. vaa   káan   ávansa   ú-krii   páykuuk   yíiv   ú-krii   pa-tuyshipriha-'ápap-kam  
    that   there   man   3s(>3)-live   over.there   far   3s(>3)-live   the-mountain-one.side-side  
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  3. xás   pa-'avansáxiich   uum   máruk   túuyship   kun-ithvíripuraa  
    then   the-boy   3.SG   uphill   mountain   3pl(>3s)-run.uphill.from.here.(two)  
    And the boys ran up the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. tá   kun-kíxa   pa-túuyship  
    PERF   3pl(>3s)-singe.hair   the-mountain  
    (Previously) they burned brush on the mountain (i.e., Mount Offield).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  5. áraar   pa-túuyship  
    human   the-mountain  
    The mountain is a person.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  6. xás   yáas   máruk   tuyshípree-k   kun-ívyiih-ma  
    then   then   uphill   mountain-LOC   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-to  
    And then they went up on the mountain.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  7. 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