Ararahih'urípih
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úhish seed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6196 | revised Jan 22 2016

úhish N • seed

Derivation úuh-ish
tobacco-DIM

Derivatives (5)
anach'úhish "mistletoe "
sak'us'úhish "plant sp., lovage"
uhíchanach "a plant"
úhishha "to go to seed"
xuparish'úhish "yew berries"

Source: WB 1480.2, p.390; TK 58.20

  • vaa uum pa'úhish yuxsúruk uvrárakuriheesh. That way the seeds will go in under the ground. [Reference: TK 85.36]


Sentence examples (12)

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  1. pa-'úhish  
    the-seed  
    Seed
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  2. úhish  
    seed  
    seed
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  3. iheeraha-'úhish  
    tobacco-seed  
    tobacco seeds
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  4. iheeraha-'uhish-íkyav  
    tobacco-seed-making  
    tobacco seeds that they are fixing
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  5. nuu   vúra   pa-kuma-'áraar-as   vúra   pufâat   úhish   ip-sháruk-tih-ap-hanik   xáat   máruk   kun-ifyúku-tih-anik  
    we   Intensive   the-3sPOSS-human-PL   Intensive   nothing   seed   ITER-bring.(things)-DUR-INV-ANC   may   uphill   3pl(>3s)-go.around-DUR-ANC  
    Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  6. kúna   vúra   vaa   kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik   pa-'áraar   hôoy   vúrava   pa-'úhish   p-oo-kyívishrih-aak   vaa   vúra   íkiich   u-'íf-eesh   kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik   vúra   vaa  
    in.addition   Intensive   so   3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   the-human   where   just   the-seed   NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow-FUT   so   Intensive   maybe   3s(>3)-grow-FUT   3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   Intensive   that  
    But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  7. kun-'aapúnmu-tih-anik   vúra   ník   pa-'úhish   ník   vúra   kun-sánpiithvu-tih-anik   pa-kook-âach-as  
    3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   Intensive   a.little   NOMZ-seed   a.little   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-carry.(things).around-DUR-ANC   the-kind--PL  
    They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  8. kúna   vúra   mít   pu-hári   úhish   ipshâanmu-tih-ap-hat   pa-'úhish   u-'íf-eesh  
    in.addition   Intensive   near.past   NEG-sometime   seed   take.back.(things)-DUR-NEG-PAST   NOMZ-pipe.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-grow-FUT  
    But They Never Packed Seeds Home
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  9. purafâat   vúra   káru   kuma-'úhish   utháamhí-tih-ap-hanik   vúra   iheeraha-'úhish   vúra   kích   kun-iyâa-tih-anik  
    nothing   Intensive   also   3sPOSS-seed   plant-DUR-NEG-ANC   Intensive   tobacco-seed   Intensive   only   3pl(>3s)-make-DUR-ANC  
    And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  10. purafâat   vúra   káru   kuma-'úhish   iinâak   táayhi-tih-anik   vúra   ihêeraha   kích   iheeraha-'úhish   vúra   kich  
    nothing   Intensive   also   3sPOSS-seed   indoors   be.many-DUR-ANC   Intensive   tobacco   only   tobacco-seed   Intensive   only  
    And they never had any kind of seeds stored in the houses, only the tobacco, the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text