Ararahih'urípih
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thúkin gall, bile; (in compounds) blue, green, yellow

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6014 | revised Jan 29 2016

thúkin N • gall, bile; (in compounds) blue, green, yellow

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Source: WB 1469, p.390

Note: Cf. asathukin'ávahkam 'placename, lit. above-yellow-rock'.

  • thúkin tóokuuyva. He has jaundice. (Lit., 'Bile hit him.') [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 341]


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  1. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    atáychukinach    i'úunupraveesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout.up   
    Grow early, Spring Cacomite.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout.up   
    Grow up early, Spring Cacomite.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    may.you.grow.up   
    Grow up soon, young Blue Dicks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  4. payáan    vúr    u'íiftihaak    puxxích    thúkkinkunish    peheeraha'íppa    pachím    uimtúppeeshahaak    vaa    kári    taváttavkunish   
    that.recently    Intensive    when.it.is.growing    very.much    blue-green    the.tobacco.plant    that.already    when.will.be.ripe    so    then    light-colored   
    When it is just growing, the tobacco plant is real green, when it is already going to get ripe, it is then light-colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Sense Characteristics (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.a) | read full text
  5. yupthúkirar    uxráratih   
    panther    it.is..crying   
    A mountain lion is crying.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play
  6. kupánakanakana    chéemyaach    ík    vúra    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    the.end    quickly    must    Intensive    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout.up   
    kupánakanakana. Young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  7. káru    chêech    ík    ataychúkinach    i'uunúpraveesh   
    also    quickly    must    young.brodiaea.plant    you.will.sprout   
    And young brodiaea plant, you must come up quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play
  8. yukún    peethívthaaneen    vúra    thúkinkunish    xás    kúnish    ûumukich   
    you.see    the.earth    Intensive    blue-green    then    sort.of    near   
    The earth is so green and kind of close.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  9. chavúra    kun'uum    vúra    uum    yâamach    peethívthaaneen    kípa    thúkin   
    finally    they.arrived    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.country    like    bile   
    Finally they arrived, the country was beautiful and green.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  10. hâari    aax    tóo    sáansur    payíkihar    káru    hâari    thúkin   
    sometime    blood    she.had    take.off    the.sick    also    sometime    bile   
    Sometimes she took blood off of the sick person, and sometimes bile.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  11. pa'arara'asiktávaan    uum    ishváak    uthúkinhahitih   
    the.Indian.woman    3.SG    chin    it.was.tattooed   
    The Indian women were tattooed on the chin.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text
  12. xás    amyiv    káru    athkúrit    ta    kuníyshar    xás    vaa        kuniyvúruk    pathúkinhak   
    then    soot    also    fat    PERF    they.mixed    then    so    PERF    they.rubbed.it    on.the.tattoo   
    Then they mixed soot and grease, and they rubbed it on the tattoo.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text
  13. xás    pa'ôok    va'áraaras    pamukún'aav    puthúkinhitihara   
    then    here    its.people    their.face    they.didn't.tattoo   
    And the Indians here didn't tattoo their faces (above the chin).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text