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ûumukich near, close by
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lexicon ID #6312 | revised Nov 11 2005
ûumukich • ADJ • near, close by
Derivative (1)
umukíchmahich "every little way"
Source: WB 1485, p.391
- kári xás ûumukich tu'uum. And he got close. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 035]
- kúna vúra púvaa mít ihrúuvtihapha, pa'ûumukich veehêeraha. But they never used that, the tobacco near the houses. [Reference: TK 78.9]
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kári xás ûumukich tu'uum then then near he.had.gone And he got close. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvúra ûumukich vúra tu'uum Intensive near Intensive he.had.gone He got real close. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás úmuustih vúra uum táay pa'íshaha vúra ûumukich then he.was.looking Intensive 3.SG much the.water Intensive near And he looked; there was a lot of water, just close. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textûumukich vúra tóo muustih pakuntákiritih near Intensive he.had been.looking.at.them while.they.were.leaching.(acorn.meal) Nearby he looked at them leaching. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvúra vaa uthítiimti poopakurîihvutih vúra tá ûumukich kitâana kitâana íiyaa Intensive so he.was.hearing he.is.singing Intensive PERF near kitâana kitâana íiyaa He heard the singing that way just close by, "kitâana kitâana îyaa." Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full textxás upíip yee vúra ník kúnish ûumukich then he.said well Intensive a.little sort.of near And he said, "Say, it's kind of close! Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textyukún peethívthaaneen vúra thúkinkunish xás kúnish ûumukich you.see the.earth Intensive blue-green then sort.of near The earth is so green and kind of close. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textpáanpay vúra tá ûumukich after.while Intensive PERF near Finally he was close. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás pa'ûumukich u'uum kári xás uxús hûut kúth papukana'aachichhîivriktihara then then when.close.by he.arrived then then he.thought how because.of that.they.are.not.happy.to.see.me Then when he got near, then he thought, "Why aren't they happy to see me?" Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textvúra ûumukich tu'uum Intensive near she.had.gotten She was getting near. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textkári xás chavúra ûumukich tu'uum then then finally near she.had.gotten And finally she came close. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textchátik vúra tá ûumukich finally Intensive PERF near Finally he was close by. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full textxás púyava vúra tu'íhuni tá ûumukich then you.see Intensive he.danced.down PERF near And so he danced down close. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full textkári xás unhíshriihva koovúra pa'ûumukich pa'áthiith impaak unhíshriihva then then she.tied.down all nearby the.hazel.branches on.the.path she.tied.down And she tied all the hazel branches nearby, she tied them across the path. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full textvíriva vúra ûumukich tóo máh papúufich so Intensive near he.would see the.deer He would see the deer close by. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text