Ararahih'urípih
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tur / tun- carry (things which stand up, like wood) in a packbasket; to gather (wood)

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lexicon ID #6136 | revised Nov 09 2015

tur / tun- V • carry (things which stand up, like wood) in a packbasket; to gather (wood)

Derivatives (6)
tur "packbasket load (of wood or the like)"
túrar "to go gather wood"
túrish "to finish gathering wood"
turíshriihva "to carry load after load of wood"
túunfak "to carry (wood) down from uphill"
túunsip "to load up, to raise up with a burden basket (full of wood or the like) on one's back"

Source: WB 1402, p.387

  • áhup utúunti. She's carrying wood in a packbasket. [Reference: KV]
  • yíiv vúra hâari máruk pa'áhup kuntúunti. Sometimes they go wood-gathering far upslope. [Reference: TK 184.24]


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  1. xas    pa'asiktávaansa    káru    áhup        kuntúrar   
    then    the.women    also    wood    PERF    they.went.to.gather.wood   
    Then the women went out to fetch firewood.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. kusripán'ahup    kuntúrish   
    madrone.wood    they.finished.gathering.wood   
    They brought in madrone wood.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. xás    áxak    ifápiitichas    sah'áhup    kunturar    astiip   
    then    two    young.women    driftwood    they.went.to.gather.wood    shore   
    Then two girls went to the river to get driftwood."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. xás    kuníptuunsip   
    then    they.carried.wood.in.their.packbaskets   
    Then they packed their wood in their packbaskets.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. púyava    máruk    xás    áhup    sú'        kunmáhyaan    túr        kuníkyav   
    you.see    uphill    then    wood    inside    PERF    they.put.in    packbasket.load    PERF    they.make   
    Uphill they put wood in them, they make a basket-load.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    vaa    vúra    káan        kun'íitshur    pamukúntur   
    then    then    so    Intensive    there    PERF    they.leave    their.basket-load   
    And they leave their basket-loads there."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  7. xás    kunpiip    vaa    vúra    kun'írunaatiheesh    patur   
    then    they.say    so    Intensive    they.will.walk    the.basket-load   
    And then they said, "The basket-loads will walk (home by themselves)."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  8. vúra    uum    yararápiit    vúra    kámtuuntih   
    Intensive    3.SG    new.married.woman    Intensive    let.her.carry.it   
    Let the new married woman be carrying it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    vaa    ukupíti    payêem        pu'áhootihara    patur   
    then    then    so    it.is.doing    now    PERF    it.doesn't.walk    the.basket-load   
    So now she does that, the basket-load doesn't walk anymore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  10.     kunturíshriihva    pasárip   
    PERF    they.carried.it.in.pack.baskets    the.hazel.sticks   
    They carried home the hazel sticks in burden baskets.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text
  11. payêem    uum    tá    kóo    patur    chishíi    mûuk    uum    tah   
    now    3.SG    PERF    all    the.packbasket    dog    with.(by.means.of)    3.SG    already   
    Now the use of burden baskets is all gone, it is with horses now.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  12. pasárip'atimnak    pakuntúunfak   
    in.the.hazel-twig.burden.baskets    they.carried.wood.downhill   
    They carried them downhill in hazel-twig burden baskets.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text