Ararahih'urípih
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úhthaam garden

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6207 | revised Jan 22 2016

úhthaam N • garden

Literally: 'tobacco-meadow'

Derivation úuh thaam
tobacco meadow

Derivatives (3)
uhcháamach "man's name, Pete Henry"
uhtháamha "to plant"
uhthamha'ávaha "vegetables"

Source: WB 1480.5, p.390; TK 50.11


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  1. payêem    vúra    vaa    káan    taay    u'íifti    pakáan    píins    kun'úhthaamhitihirak   
    now    Intensive    so    there    much    it.is.growing    that.there    beans    where.the.beans.are.planted   
    They grow more now where beans are planted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text
  2. vúra    pu'uhthaamhítihap   
    Intensive    they.do.not.plant.it   
    They do not sow it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  3. peheeraha'úhthaamsa   
    the.tobacco.plots   
    Tobacco Plots
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  4. úhthaam   
    garden   
    any garden, orchard, or plantation; a tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  5. uhtháamha   
    plant   
    to plant, to sow
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  6. iheeraha'úhthaam   
    tobacco.plot   
    tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  7. iheeraha'uhthamhíram   
    tobacco.planting.place   
    tobacco garden
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  8. pámitva    iheeraha'uhthamhíramhanik   
    when.previously    ancient.tobacco.planting.place   
    former tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  9. pa'uhípih   
    the.stalk   
    Stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  10. purafâat    vúra    káru    kuma'úhish    utháamhítihaphanik    vúra    iheeraha'úhish    vúra    kích    kuniyâatihanik   
    nothing    Intensive    also    kind.of.seed    they.were.not.planting.it.long.ago    Intensive    tobacco.seed    Intensive    only    they.were.gathering.it.long.ago   
    And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text
  11. vaa    vúra    ník    kun'áapunmutihanik    káru    vaa    uum    yáv    papírish    ávahkam    kunithyúruthunatihaak    patá    kunpúhthaampimarahaak   
    so    Intensive    a.little    they.knew.it.long.ago    also    so    3.SG    good    the.foliage    over    when.they.drag.it.around    that.has    when.they.finish.gardening   
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  12. kusâam    panunu'úhthaam   
    downhill    our.garden   
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  13. káan    tishrámkaam    xás    úhthaamhitih    káru    ipahá'anamahach    káan    u'íihya   
    there    a.big.field    then    he.is.planting    also    a.little.tree    there    it.is.standing   
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  14. utishramhúniihva    káru    máruk    víri    vaa    káan    káru    uhthaamhíramhitih   
    it.is.a.field.sloping.down    also    uphill    so    so    there    also    it.is.a.planting.place   
    There are fields on the slopes uphill also, there is cultivated ground there too.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  15. páy    uum    úhthaam    koonmúrax   
    this    3.SG    garden    nothing.but.corn   
    This is a garden, nothing but corn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text