Ararahih'urípih
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tátuy- to sweep

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5752 | revised Nov 17 2014

tátuy- • V • to sweep

Derivatives (5)
tátuyship "to sweep up"
tátuyshur "to sweep off"
tátuyshurar "broom"
tatuytátuy "sweep over"
tátuyish "sweep"

Source: WB 1340, p.384

Note: Bound stem, used with derivational affixes.

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. xas    îikam    kích    vúra    pakuntátuyshur   
    then    outdoors    only    Intensive    they.swept.it.off   
    Then they swept the outside platform nicely.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. tá    nitátuyshuru   
    PERF    I.sweep.off   
    I am sweeping the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  3. nitátuyshureesh   
    I.will.sweep.off   
    I am going to sweep the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  4. nitátuyshureesh    pa'îirish   
    .I.will.sweep.it.off    the.floor   
    I am going to sweep the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  5. oh    vúra    utátuyishrihti    vaa    vúra    páy    paporch   
    oh    Intensive    she.finished.sweeping.it    that    Intensive    this    the.porch   
    Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. káru    pootátuyishrihat    koovúra    paporch   
    also    she.didn't.finish.sweeping.it    all    the.porch   
    And she swept the whole porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. vúra    uum    chêech    tutátuyish   
    Intensive    3.SG    quickly    she.is.sweeping.it   
    She is sweeping it fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. chêech    tutátuyishrih    paporch   
    quickly    she.swept.it    the.porch   
    She is sweeping the porch fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. vúra    chêech    tutátuyishrih    paporch   
    Intensive    quickly    she.swept.it    the.porch   
    She is sweeping the porch fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. kári    xás    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    tóo    kuupha    tutátuyshiprimtih    xás    tóo    yvêesh    paxuun   
    then    then    again    Intensive    that    she.did    do    she.was.sweeping.up    then    she.did    pour.out    the.acorn.soup   
    So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text