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úhish seed
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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]
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pa-'úhish the-seed Seed Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full textúhish seed seed Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full textiheeraha-'úhish tobacco-seed tobacco seeds Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full textiheeraha-'uhish-íkyav tobacco-seed-making tobacco seeds that they are fixing Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full textnuu 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 textkúna 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 textkun-'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 textkúna 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 textpurafâat 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 textpurafâat 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