Ararahih'urípih
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xusêer / xúseen- to think (a certain way) about (a person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6947 | revised Feb 08 2016

xusêer / xúseen- • V • to think (a certain way) about (a person)

Derivation:  xus-eer
think--eer

Source: WB 1638.2, p.399

  • uthíshiip ixúseentihap kíri ivâaram. He wants you to go to San Francisco. (lit. 'San Francisco he-thinks-about-you you-go!) [Reference: KV]
  • îifiti kunxusêer pihnîichich. Then they thought he was an old man. [Reference: KM 25.3]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. kári   xás   u-píip   kach-kach-kach-kach   xás   áak   chanchaaksúr-ak   u-'árihrupuk  
    then   think.about   3s(>3)-say   kach-kach-kach-kach   then   in.the.fire   roof-hatch-Locative   3s(>3)-rush.outdoors  
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. îifiti   kun-xusêer   pihnîichich  
    sure.enough   3pl(>3s)-think.about   old.man  
    Then they thought it was an old man.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. kíri   kana-xusêer   p-u-thitíim-tih-ara  
    I.wish   3pl>1s-think.about   NEG-3s(>3)-hear-DUR-NEG  
    "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  4. uum   vúra   kun-xúseen-tih-anik   kíri   hûuk   u-'uum   vúra   kun-vîih-anik  
    3.SG   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-think.about-DUR-ANC   I.wish   to.where   3s(>3)-arrive   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-hate-ANC  
    They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   u-piip   uum   vúra   vaa   páy   arara-'îin   kun-xúseen-tih   kíri   âapun   ú-yruuhriv  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   3.SG   Intensive   so   this   human-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-think.about-DUR   I.wish   on.the.ground   3s(>3)-(sg.).lie  
    Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  6. xás   kúkuum   vúra   v-oo-piip   uum   vúra   arara-'îin   kun-xúseen-tih  
    then   again   Intensive   so-3s(>3)-say   3.SG   Intensive   human-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-think.about-DUR  
    Then she said: "Somebody is making it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  7. chiimuuch-'îin   kun-xúseer-anik   kíri   vaa   u-kúupha   pufáat   vúra   yáv-heesh-ara  
    lizard-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-think.about-ANC   I.wish   so   3s(>3)-do   nothing   Intensive   good-FUT-NEG  
    Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. ayu'âach   kana-xúseen-ti   kâanimich  
    it.was.because   3pl>1s-think.about-DUR   poor  
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text