Ararahih'urípih
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tíim / tiim edge

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. pirishyâamachas    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 text
  3. kári    xás    ifuchtîimich    iinâak        kunpávyiihfuruk    áas        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 text
  4. víri    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 text
  5. xás    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 text
  6. xás    áxak    ifuchtîimich        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 text
  7. pa'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 text
  8. saamvaróotiim    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 text
  9. kári    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 text
  10. ifuchtîimich    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 text
  11. kári    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 text
  12. xás    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 text
  13. kári    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 text
  14. kári    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 text
  15. kári    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 text
  16. kári    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 text
  17. káruma    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 text
  18. xás    píshiip    uum    ishahátiimich        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 text
  19. káan    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 text
  20. payôok    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