Ararahih'urípih
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tas to build a fence

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5709 | revised Dec 27 2015

tas • V • to build a fence

Derivatives (7)
simsímtas "wire fence"
táaspath "to fence around"
tas "a fence"
tasachivchaksurúraam "gate"
tásarariv "to fence in"
tasáxpih "wedge"
tásunih "to be a vertical barrier"

Source: WB 1326, p.384

  • utásahiti. It's fenced. (essive) [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. áhup    mûuk    nikyáakoopa    patas   
    wood    with.(by.means.of)    I.made.it.into    the.fence   
    I made a fence with wood.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  2. tá    nipikyâar    patas   
    PERF    I.finish.making.it    the.fence   
    I have finished the fence.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  3. vaa    káan    tas    káru   
    that    there    fence    also   
    That is a fence there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  4. îikam    patas   
    outdoors    the.fence   
    The fence is outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  5. hôoy    uum    patasákaam   
    where    3.SG    the.fence   
    Where is the big fence?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  6. yukún    yíiv    á'    utásunihtihanik    pa'íin   
    you.see    far    above    was.like.a.vertical.barrier    the.falls   
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  7. papanamnihimthatváram    uum    vaa    káan    ukyâasipreehiti    paGeorgia    mutasa'îikukam    xás    yúruk    paxánthiip    u'iihyírak    u'ípanhitih   
    The.Orleans.stick-game.field    3.SG    so    there    it.began    Georgia    outside.her.fence    then    downriver    where.the.black.oak    it.stands    it.ended   
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  8. páy    uum    pichas'ípaha    uvêehrimva    xás    simsímtas    utaaspáthahitih   
    this    3.SG    peach.tree    it.is.standing    then    wire.fence    it.is.fenced.around   
    These peach trees are standing, and there is a wire fence around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text