Ararahih'urípih
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ûumukich near, close by

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. vúra    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 text
  3. xás    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 text
  4. ûumukich    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 text
  5. vúra    vaa    uthítiimti    poopakurîihvutih    vúra        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 text
  6. xás    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 text
  7. yukún    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 text
  8. páanpay    vúra        ûumukich   
    after.while    Intensive    PERF    near   
    Finally he was close.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  9. kári    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 text
  10. vúra    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 text
  11. kári    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 text
  12. chátik    vúra        ûumukich   
    finally    Intensive    PERF    near   
    Finally he was close by.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text
  13. xás    púyava    vúra    tu'íhuni        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 text
  14. kári    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 text
  15. víriva    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