Ararahih'urípih
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ûupva / ûupvu- to dig (edible roots)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6321 | revised Oct 31 2014

ûupva / ûupvu- • V • to dig (edible roots)

Derivative (1)
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"

Source: WB 1492, p.391

  • kúkuum imáan poosúpaaha uxus, chími kúkuum kan'ûupvan. Again the next morning she thought, "Let me again go to dig roots." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 008]
  • uumkun káru vúra hitíhaan kun'ûupvuti, pa'avansáxiich xákaan. And they (the wife & the boy) are digging roots all the time, together with the boy. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 149]

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  1. kúna    vaa    vúra    ník    kun'áapunmutihanik    pamukunvôoh    muuk    vaa    káan    taay    u'íifti    pakáan    hitíhaan    kun'ûupvutihaak    patá    yíth    vaa    káan    yáanchiip    taay    u'íifti    yíth    pakáan    kun'uupvutihaak   
    there    so    Intensive    a.little    they.knew.it.long.ago    with.their.digging.sticks    with.(by.means.of)    that    there    much    it.is.growing    there    always    when.they.are.digging.it    that.has    other    so    there    next.year    much    it.is.growing    other    there    when.they.are.digging.it   
    But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. vaa    kunipíti    pakun'ûupvutihaak    patayîith    vaa    yâanchiip    kúkuum    taay    u'íiftih   
    so    they.are.saying    when.they.dig.it    the.Indian.potato    so    next.year    again    much    it.is.growing   
    They claim that by digging Indian potatoes, more grow up the next year again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  3. víri    vaa    káan    uum    vúra    kun'ûupvunaati    tayiith   
    so    so    there    3.SG    Intensive    they.are.digging.it    Brodiaea   
    (Ground squirrels) were digging brodiaea roots there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  4. púyava    táay    tá    kun'ûupva    patayíith   
    you.see    much    PERF    they.dig.roots    the.brodiaeas   
    So they dug a lot of brodiaeas.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  5. kunthítiimti    vaa    káan    kun'ûupvunaatih    tayiith   
    they.heard    so    there    they.were.digging.roots    Brodiaea   
    They heard that (people) were digging brodiaea roots there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  6. víri    pootúraayva    púra fátaak    vúra    yâahitihara    pakun'ûupvunaatih    peekxariya'ifápiitsha   
    so    when.she.looked.around    nowhere    Intensive    she.didn't.fit.in    where.they.were.digging.roots    the.spirit.girls   
    When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  7. víri    pooksahárahitih    kuntákaamtih    pa'asiktávaan    pakâanimich    poo'ûupvutih   
    so    when.she.was.laughed.at    they.ridiculed.her    the.woman    the.poor.(one)    as.she.dug.roots   
    So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  8. víriva    yiimúsich    vúra    poo'ûupvutih   
    so    little.ways.off    Intensive    she.was.digging.roots   
    She dug roots a little ways away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  9. yáas    sárum    nu'ûupvutih   
    then    Jeffrey.pine.root    we.dug.them   
    Then we dug pine roots.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text