Ararahih'urípih
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vásihkam behind; backward

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lexicon ID #6457 | revised Jul 22 2014

vásihkam • N • behind; backward

  • xás pa'ávansas mukun'ikrivramvásihkam usúruruprinahiti. And behind the men's sweathouse there was a hole. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 006]
  • vásihkam úuth úkyiimkar. He fell backwards into the river. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 081]

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  1. xas   pa-'ávansa   mukun-'ikrívraam   váshihkam   u-súruruprin-ahi-ti   vaa   kaan   kun-thanfúrukvu-ti   pa-púufich  
    then   the-man   3plPOSS-house   behind   3s(>3)-have.holes-ESS-DUR   that   there   3pl(>3s)-move.(things).into.house-DUR   the-deer  
    Now there was a hole in the back of the boys' house, they dragged the deer in there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. víri   hûut   i-kuph-eesh   vásihkam  
    so   how   2s(>3)-do-FUT   behind  
    How would you pack them?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. p-eheerahá-saan   xúus   kunish   ithváaykam-kam   kôomahich   vúra   u-'áxvuh?-ha?-hi-tih-ach   p-eheeraha-san-vásihkam-kam  
    the-tobacco-leaf   smooth   sort.of   front-side   little.bit   Intensive   3s(>3)-fuzz-DENOM-ESS-DUR-DIM.(verbs)   the-tobacco-leaf-behind-side  
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. ípaha   vásihkam  
    tree   behind  
    It's behind the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  5. vaa   káan   ú-krii   ikrívkir   vasíhkam  
    that   there   3s(>3)-live   disk-seat   behind  
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  6. ikrívkir   vasíhkam   káan   ú-krii  
    disk-seat   behind   there   3s(>3)-live  
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. vásihkam   úuth   ú-kyiimkar  
    behind   out.to.water   3s(>3)-fall.into.river  
    He fell backwards into the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. vásihkam   u-tháaniv   pa-pihnêefich  
    behind   3s(>3)-sit   the-coyote  
    There lay Coyote in back of it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text