Ararahih'urípih
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ithxup to cover, to lie covering

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3329 | revised Aug 22 2005

ithxup • V • to cover, to lie covering

Derivatives (10)
avithxúpar "cradle hood, a woven conical openwork basket attached to the head of a cradle to shield the baby's head"
ithxúpar "a cover"
ithxúpih "to face toward"
ithxúpkoo "to do push-ups on (a surface, like a lizard)"
ithxupkôoch "flat feathering of an arrow"
ithxuptárarish "to lay (something) down on top of (someone)"
ithxúupka "to cling to; to hang on the side of something, as fly on wall or bird on the side of a tree"
ithxúupramnih "to lie face down"
ithxúupsur "to uncover"
ithxúuptakish "to lie down on top of"

Source: WB 783, p.355

Note: Cf. íxup- 'to cover (several objects)'.

  • vaa vúra kupeethxúpahiti kípa vúra murukmûuk takunithxúpahaak sipnúkaamak. They cover (a tobacco basket) in the same way that they cover a big storage basket with a plate basket. [Reference: TK 106.28]
  • koovúra paxun'ávahkam peemvárammuuk takunpíthxuupva. (The girls) covered all the mush bowls with the plates. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 016]

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. koovúra    paxuun    ávahkam    pa'imváram    mûuk    tá    kunpithxupva   
    all    the.acorn.mush    over    the.plate    with.(by.means.of)    PERF    they.were.covered   
    And each bowl was covered with its plate.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. pihnêefich    páahak    kunipêer    sú'    ithxuuprámnihi   
    coyote    in.the.boat    they.told.him    inside    lie.face.down!   
    They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam    pihnêefich    úthxuupramnih   
    so    coyote    he.lay.face.down   
    So Coyote lay face down in it.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. chavúra    tu'ûuri    pihnêefich    póothxuupramnih   
    finally    he.had.become.unwilling    coyote    that.he.lay.face.down   
    Finally Coyote got tired of lying face down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. yánava    papihnêefich    ávahkam    tóo    thxuuptakiish   
    visible    Coyote    over    he.was    lie.down.on.top.of   
    They saw Coyote was lying on top (of the girl).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  6. víri    panipvárupravahaak    vaa    ik    kumûuk    neethxúpeesh    pa'árus   
    so    when.I.come.back.out    so    must    with.it    I.will.cover    the.seed-basket   
    When I come back out (of the water), you must cover me with the seed-basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  7. ta'ítam    uthxúpaheen   
    so    she.covered   
    So she covered him.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  8. ta'ítam    kunithxúpaheen    pa'árus    mûuk   
    so    they.covered    the.seed-basket    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then they covered it with the seed-basket.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    ávahkam    úthxuuptakiish    papuyâahara   
    then    then    over    she.laid.down.on.top.of.it    the.corpse   
    And she lay on top of the corpse.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  10. púyava    xás    kári    tá    kuníthxup    sákriiv    vúra    ikukatunvêechas    múuk   
    you.see    then    then    PERF    they.cover    hard    Intensive    little.logs    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then they covered it tightly with little logs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text