Ararahih'urípih
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ûum barely, hardly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6308 | revised Nov 11 2005

ûum • ADV • barely, hardly

Derivative (1)
uumyâach "just barely"

Source: WB 1485, p.391

Note: Vowel is not shortened in compound uumyâach 'just barely'.

  • víri ûum ni'áfishrih pastove top. I could barely reach the stove top. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 012]
  • xás víri ûum tavúra kunpiruvôonsip. Then they could hardly get up. [Reference: KT 154.25]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. xas   u-píip   "pûuhara   ávansa   kípa   ûum   vúup   u-cháfich-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-say   "no   man   like   barely   neck   3s(>3)-gnaw.meat-DUR  
    But he answered, "No indeed! Men always chew the neck!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. viri   ûum   vúra   ni-'á'ha  
    so   barely   how   1s(>3)-get.up  
    I could scarcely get up.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. víri   ûum   vúra   kun-'íipma   pa-mukun-ikrívraam  
    so   barely   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-return   the-3plPOSS-house  
    They got home with difficulty.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. víri   ûum   tá   vúra   p-oo-'íhivrik  
    so   barely   PERF   Intensive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-answer  
    She could scarcely answer a question.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. p-oo-'íif-ti   xás   vúra   vaa   kâarim   vúra   púfaat   pu-'ûum   táay   vúra   púfaat  
    NOMZ-3s(>3)-grow-DUR   then   Intensive   that   bad   Intensive   nothing   NEG-barely   much   Intensive   nothing  
    When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  6. naa   vúra   nîinamich   víri   ûum   vúra   ni-'áfishrih   pa-stove-top  
    1sg.   Intensive   little   so   barely   Intensive   1s(>3)-touch   the-stove-top  
    I was just little, I could barely reach the stove top.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. víri   ûum   vúra   pa-ni-vúrayvu-tih  
    so   barely   Intensive   NOMZ-1s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    I can hardly get around.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. víri   ûum   tá   kun-íshyaavha  
    so   barely   PERF   3pl(>3s)-live.through.winter  
    They barely lived through the winter.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text