Ararahih'urípih
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yith other, different

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7096 | revised Feb 14 2016

yith DET • other, different

Derivatives (8)
ith'ára "someone else"
yichkúnish "funny-looking"
yíthuk "elsewhere, in a different place"
yíthukam "on the other side"
yithukánva "at different places; separately"
yíthumas "each in turn"
yithumásva "each one in turn"
yithúva "various"

Source: WB 1678, p.401

  • yíth kumeekrívraam another house [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 152]
  • tâak yíth kuna. Give me another one. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 394]
  • pukúkuum vaa káan yíth piiftíhara. Another one never grows back. [Reference: TK 65.24]


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  1. yíth   kúna      ni-kyâasip   tuupichas-yâach  
    other   in.addition   PERF   1s(>3)-begin   small.ones-Intensive  
    I start another one, with smaller sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  2. káru   uum   yíth   kun-kupee-kyâa-hi-tih  
    also   3.SG   other   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-make-Modal-DUR  
    They make a different kind for that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  3. káru   pa-pufich-'imváram   uum   yith  
    also   the-deer-plate   3.SG   other  
    And the deermeat plate is different.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  4. vaa   pa-yíth   kôok   kun-íhruuv-tih-anik   pa-tákiram  
    so   the-other   kind   3pl(>3s)-use-DUR-ANC   the-acorn-leaching.hole  
    They used to use a different kind of soaking basket.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. nuu   vúra   yith   va-'áraar   yith   kuma-'áraar-as  
    we   Intensive   other   3sPOSS-human   other   3sPOSS-human-PL  
    We're different people, a different kind of people,
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás   yíth   u-píip   áthiik   t-u-vîish   chími   nu-ptaamáax-i  
    then   other   3s(>3)-say   cold   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down   soon   1pl(>3)-stoke.(fire)-IMPER  
    Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  7. xás   axmáy   vúra   kúnish   u-kéen   xás   yíth   u-píip   atafâat   pihnêefich   ããx   atafâat   pihnêefich  
    then   suddenly   Intensive   sort.of   3s(>3)-move   then   other   3s(>3)-say   maybe   coyote   ugh!   maybe   coyote  
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  8. ishyâat   ú-paanik   yaas'ára   vúra   u-'aapúnmu-tih-eesh   yakun   pa-'îin   yíth   u-kupee-xák-ahi-tih-eesh   pa-   ni-p-ikrêe-haak   nani-'îin  
    king.salmon   3s(>3)-say.(ancient)   rich.person   Intensive   3s(>3)-know-DUR-FUT   you.see   the-falls   other   3s(>3)-MODAL-make.noise-Modal-DUR-FUT   NOMZ-PERF   1s(>3)-ITER-live-when   1sPOSS-falls  
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  9. chavúra   pâanpay   chím   axmay   yíth   u-kúha  
    finally   after.while   soon   suddenly   other   3s(>3)-be.sick  
    Then all at once one of the people got sick.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  10. yíth   kúna   u-'árihish  
    other   in.addition   3s(>3)-sing  
    Then she sang another song.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  11. kúna   vaa   vúra   ník   kun-'áapunmu-tih-anik   pa-mukun-vôoh   muuk   vaa   káan   taay   u-'íif-ti   pa-káan   hitíhaan   kun-'ûupvu-tih-aak   pa-   yíth   vaa   káan   yáanchiip   taay   u-'íif-ti   yíth   pa-káan   kun-'uupvu-tih-aak  
    there   so   Intensive   a.little   3pl(>3s)-know-DUR-ANC   the-3plPOSS-digging.stick   with.(by.means.of)   that   there   much   3s(>3)-grow-DUR   the-there   always   3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-DUR-when   NOMZ-PERF   other   so   there   next.year   much   3s(>3)-grow-DUR   other   the-there   3pl(>3s)-dig.roots-DUR-when  
    But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  12. xás   yíth   u-píip   atafâat naa   pihnêefich  
    then   other   3s(>3)-say   maybe   coyote  
    And another said, "Maybe it's Coyote.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás   kúkuum   vúra   yíth   u-kúniihka  
    then   again   Intensive   other   3s(>3)-shoot.at  
    And he shot at another one.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. kári   xás   u-xus   tîi   yíth   kan-píkyav   pa-naní-shaanva  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   let...   other   1s(>3)-repair   the-1sPOSS-clothing  
    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  15. kúkuum   vúra   yíth   u-kúniihka  
    again   Intensive   other   3s(>3)-shoot.at  
    Again he shot at another.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  16. xás   u-píip   chími   yíth   kan-párihish  
    then   3s(>3)-say   soon   other   1s(>3)-be.transformed  
    And he said, "Let me turn into someone else!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  17. kári   xás   yíth   u-p-árihish  
    then   then   other   3s(>3)-ITER-sing  
    Then he sang a different one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  18. yakún   yíth   áraar   u-'iiníshrih-eesh  
    you.see   other   human   3s(>3)-come.into.existence-FUT  
    A different people is going to come into existence."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  19. yakún   yíth   ára   t-u-'íinish  
    you.see   other   person   PERF-3s(>3)-come.into.existence  
    A different people was coming into existence.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  20. p-eekmaháchraam   uum   yíth   u-kup-eekyâa-hi-ti   káru   p-eekrívraam   uum   vúra   yith  
    the-sweathouse   3.SG   other   3s(>3)-MODAL-make-Modal-DUR   also   the-house   3.SG   Intensive   other  
    The sweathouse was made one way and the living-house another.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text