Ararahih'urípih
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êeth to carry, take, bring

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1260 | revised Nov 07 2014

êeth • V • to carry, take, bring

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 344, p.332

Note: With directionals, translatable as 'to take, bring'.

  • yítha asuximxanáhyaach tu'êeth. He took one stick of candy. [Reference: KV]
  • hôoy íf akaray'îin xuus i'éethtiheeshap. Nobody will take care of you. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 010]

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  1. xas    xára    vura    u'êethithun    pa'as   
    then    long.time    Intensive    he.carried.it.around    the.rock   
    Then he packed that rock around.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. xás    káruk    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ithéekxaram    xúus    ni'éethti   
    then    upriver    Intensive    always    Intensive    all.night    thought    1s(>3)   
    And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam    u'êethvarayva    payêeriphar   
    so    he.carried.her.around    the.pubescent.girl   
    And he carried around the pubescent girl.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. hôoy    íf    akáray    îin    xuus    i'éethtiheeshap   
    where    truly    who    TOPIC    thought    will.be.taking.it.of.you   
    Nobody will take care of you.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  5. pa'ípun    u'êechtihach   
    the.tail    he.was.carrying.it   
    He was carrying just the tail.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  6. paráamvar    u'êethtih   
    maul    she.carries   
    She was holding a maul (for driving wedges).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  7. hínupa    akvíishich    hôoyva    pufích'anamahach    tóo    pêethuk   
    surprise    wildcat    somewhere    a.little.deer    he.had    brought.back   
    There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    kunpiip    akâay    uum    páxuus    êethtiheeshan   
    then    then    they.say    who    3.SG    the.thought    will.carry.it   
    And they said, "Who will take care of it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    upíip    êeth    naa    ník    xuus    ni'êethtiheesh   
    then    then    he.says    slug    1sg.    a.little    thought    I.will.take   
    And Slug said, "I'll take care of it."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  10. víriva    kumasuruk    pa'ávansa    upêethruprav   
    so.it    its.underneath    the.man    she.took.it.back.out   
    There she took the man out from underneath it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  11. asipárax    nu'átivuti    káru    múruk    káru    tásvaan    káru    tarípaan    káru    ikrívkir    nu'êethtih   
    cooking.basket    we.were.carrying.in.burden.baskets    also    mealing-tray    also    spatula    also    dipper.basket    also    disk-seat    we.were.carrying   
    In burden baskets we carried cooking baskets and tray baskets and soup stirrers and dippers, and we carried a stool.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text