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tíim / tiim edge
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lexicon ID #6046 | revised Nov 03 2015
tíim / tiim • N • edge
Derivatives (22; show derivatives)
Source: WB 1377, p.386
Note: Both tíim and tiim are used as basic forms. The diminutive is tîimich.
- pa'ás kúnish tuvurúniihva, tiim. It was sort of running over the edge of the rock. [Reference: WB 14: Coyote Eats His Own Excrement 030]
- itrôop patíim poo'ifshúrooti su'. Five of them stick off around the sides. [Reference: TK 57.23]
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váa ta ifuchtîimich váa tápaan uxraam pamúkiit muyáfus that PERF last.one that must(?) he.bet.it his.grandmother her.dress Then at last he even bet his grandmother's dress. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full textpirishyâamachas xútnahichas tinihyâachas ipaníchihsha tíimxuuskunishas nice.leaves thin.ones wide.ones little.pointed.ones smooth-edged.ones They are nice leaves, thin [sheetlike], not very wide, sharp pointed, smooth-edged. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textkári xás ifuchtîimich iinâak tá kunpávyiihfuruk áas tá kunpíshanva then then last.time indoors PERF they.went.back.indoors water PERF they.went.to.drink.again And they went into the living house for the last time, they went to eat a meal. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textvíri pootníshuk víri uumyâach kunipthivrúhish úuth yúrastiim so when.he.looked.out so just.barely they.floated.back.ashore out.to.water seashore When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás yurástiim uthivrúhish then seashore he.floated.ashore And he floated ashore on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás áxak ifuchtîimich tá kunsaam then two last.one PERF they.remain And there were two (runners) left at the end. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textpa'ás kúnish tuvurúniihva tiim the.rock sort.of it.was.flowing.down edge It was sort of running over the edge of the rock. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textsaamvaróotiim aratváraf u'áamtih creek.edge black.mud he.is.eating.it He eats mud on the edge of creeks. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás uum u'áasish ahinámtiimich then then 3.SG she.went.to.bed the.very.edge.of.the.fireplace And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textifuchtîimich poopitvâavnukanik yánava pura fátaak last.time that.he.looked.over.his.shoulder visible nowhere The last time he looked over, (the falls) were nowhere to be seen. Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full textkári xás chishíi ifuchtîimich then then dog last.one And Dog was last. Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full textxás umá káan ishkéeshtiim kun'iin then he.saw there on.the.edge.of.the.river they.were.there And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textkári xás vaa kâam ifuchtîimich kunítvaavnuk aseeshtákak then then so little.upriver last.time they.looked.over placename And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textkári xás ahinámtiich vúra ukrêenik amtápnihich then then edge.of.the.fireplace Intensive he.sat ashy.place And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes. Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textkári xás kunpiip maruk'áraar vaa káan úknamtiimich úkrii then then they.said uphill.person so there edge.of.the.lake he.is.staying And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake. Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textkári xás kinipéer pa'áraar tu'ívahaak vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh then then they.told.them when.a.person he.has.died that must lip you.guys.will.be.rubbing.it.on.them And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textkáruma tu'íchunva pa'ávansa impáhtiimich in.fact he.had.hidden.himself the.man the.edge.of.the.path The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full textxás píshiip uum ishahátiimich tá kun'íripkuri su'vári vúra then first 3.SG edge.of.water PERF they.dig.a.hole deep Intensive And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water. Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full textkáan asiktávaan uhyári yurástiim there woman she.is.standing seashore A woman is standing there on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayôok yurástiim kunifyúkiichvutih pa'ávansa káru payeeripáxvuh right.here seashore they.are.taking.a.walk the.man also the.adolescent.girl Here the man and the girl are taking a walk on the seashore. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text