Ararahih'urípih
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úruh round

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6261 | revised Jan 22 2016

úruh ADJ • round

Derivatives (21; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1497, p.391

Note: Cf. úruh 'egg'

  • patuyshipnee'ípanich vasárip vaa uum ipshûunkinichas káru úruhsas. The hazel twigs from the mountain top are short and stubby. [Reference: WB T85.5]


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  1. xás    pa'únuhich    kich    tupáthih   
    then    the.kidney    only    he.threw.to.him   
    Then he threw only the kidney to him.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. xás    tóo    mnish    pa'únuhich   
    then    he    cook    the.kidney   
    Then he cooked the kidney.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  3. xás    kúkuum    papúufich    kinpáthih    pa'únuhich   
    then    again    the.deer    he.threw.to.them    the.kidney   
    Then again he threw the deer's kidney to them.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  4. unuhyâachhiruva    kúma    u'árihishrih    pananí'iithva    víri    natakníihshurootih   
    too.round    3sPOSS    it.becomes    the.my.pack    so    it.keeps.rolling.off.me   
    My pack was becoming too round, so it kept rolling off me.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  5. hâari    víriva    káakum    kêe[chas]    úruhsas   
    sometime    so    some    big.ones    round.ones   
    Sometimes, some of the big ones are round.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  6. unúhyaachas    pa'uhípih    sú'    kúnish    árunsasa   
    round.ones    the.tobaco.stem    inside    sort.of    empty.ones   
    The tobacco stems are round [in section] and empty inside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  7. pamu'úru    tu'úttutrihva   
    its.bud    it.has.burst   
    Its buds are bursting to flower.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  8. fath'úruhsa   
    green.manzanita   
    [green] manzanita
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  9. fath'uruhsá'as   
    green.manzanita.pit   
    green manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text
  10. pa'ávansa    tóo    path    pa'unúhxiitich    xas    ikrivkírak   
    the.man    he.has    throw    the.ball    then    on.the.chair   
    The man threw the ball on the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  11. a'    tupáathuraa    pa'ípahak    pa'unúhxiitich   
    above    he.has.thrown.it.up    in.the.tree    the.ball   
    He threw the ball up into the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  12.     kóo    peexápkooti    pa'unúhxiitich   
    PERF    all    that.you.are.stepping.on.it    the.ball   
    Quit kicking the ball.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  13. hínu páy    ikreemyaha'úru    póopeenti    iktûunihi   
    surprise    eggs.of.wind    that.she.told.him    take.them.down!   
    There it was eggs of the wind that she told him to take down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  14. asa'urúh'iivreen    upitshîiprin   
    placename    he.started.to.see.it   
    He caught sight of it at asa'urúh'iivreen (a hill near Katimin).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text
  15. patuyshipnee'ípanich    vasárip    vaa    uum    ipshûunkinichas    káru    úruhsas   
    the.mountain.peak    its.hazel.twigs    so    3.SG    short.ones    also    round.ones   
    The hazel twigs of the hilltop are short and stubby (lit., round).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text