Ararahih'urípih
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imnish to cook

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2465 | revised Dec 17 2014

imnish • V • to cook

Derivatives (10)
aséemniishnamich "stone dish (dimin.)"
imníishkirih "to broil, to cook over a fire (as contrasted with stone-boiling)"
imníishram "baking stone (heated for cooking acorn bread); stone tray"
imníshar "to cook with"
imníshfip "to cook completely"
imníshkirihva "to cook meat"
imnishnám'anamahach "stone for cooking (?)"
imnishnam'apvuyhánach "grease tray with a handle"
imnishram'ápvuuy "handle at end of stone tray; frying pan handle"
ishpukeemníshraam "gold refinery"

Source: WB 584, p.345

  • púva néemnish pa'áama. I haven't cooked the salmon yet. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás kúkuum teekxúrar kunimníshaheen. And then again in the evening they had cooked. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 046]

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  1. 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

  2. káru    umnîishti    pakun'áveesh    pakunpavyíihukahaak   
    also    he.is.cooking.    that.they.will.eat    when.they.come.back   
    Also he was doing the cooking so they should find their meal ready when they came home.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas    mah'íitnihach    kun'iruvôonsip    xas    kun'ímnish    xuun   
    then    early.morning    they.got.up    then    they.cooked.it    acorn.soup   
    Early the next morning, they got up and cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    kúkuum    tá    ikxúrar    kun'imníshaheen   
    then    then    again    PERF    evening    they.cooked   
    And then again in the afternoon they cooked.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. koovúra    paxvâah    pay'ôok    uum    umnîishtiheesh   
    all    the.heads    right.here    3.SG    she.is.going.to.cook.them   
    She is going to cook all the heads.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. páy    uum    pa'áraar    úmniishti    pachikin'úruh   
    this    3.SG    the.person    he.is.cooking.it    the.egg   
    The man is cooking an egg.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about cooking (SD-03) | read full text
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  7. fâat    kuma'áv    peemnísheesh   
    what    kind.of.food    that.you.will.cook   
    What kind of food are you gonna cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  8. pa'áama    hûut    ímniishtih   
    the.salmon    how    you.are.cooking.it   
    How do you cook the salmon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. áama    nimnísheesh   
    salmon    I.will.cook.it   
    I am going to cook salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. ipít    áama    nímnish   
    yesterday    salmon    I.cook.it   
    Yesterday I cooked salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. iim    áama    ímniishtih   
    2sg.    salmon    you.are.cooking.it   
    You cooked salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  12. chími    papufích'iish    numnísheesh   
    soon    the.deer.meat    we.cook.it   
    Let's cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. iimkun    papufích'iish    kumnísheesh   
    2pl.    the.deer.meat    you.all.will.cook.it   
    Are you all going to cook the deer meat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. hãã    koovúra    numnísheesh    papufích'iish   
    yes    all    we.will.cook.it    the.deer.meat   
    Yes, we are all going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. pûuhara    papufích'iish    pukinimnísheeshara   
    no    the.deer.meat    we.will.not.cook.it   
    No, we are not going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  16. ipít    númniishti    papufich'íish   
    yesterday    we.are.cooking.it    the.deer.meat   
    Yesterday we cooked deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  17. yáv    uum    imníshaan    um   
    good    3.SG    cook    or   
    Is he a good cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  18. fâat    póomniishtih   
    what    that.he.cooks   
    What does he cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  19. tóo    mnish    pa'áama   
    she.has    cook    the.fish   
    She cooked the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentence: cooking fish (VS-30) | read full text
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  20. pa'áama    tóo    mnish   
    the.fish    she.has    cook   
    She cooked the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  21. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    vúra    uum    kúnish    ikxáramkunish   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    Intensive    3.SG    sort.of    black   
    She cooked the fish, it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  22. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    xás    vúra    tu'íinka   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    then    Intensive    it.has.burned   
    She cooked the fish and it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  23. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    xás    tu'íinka   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    then    it.has.burned   
    She cooked the fish until it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  24. pi'êepvari    kári    naa    nîinamich    kunípeenti    chími    pimnîishi   
    long.ago    then    1sg.    little    they.used.to.say    soon    cook   
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  25. ta'ítam    tá    nupimnîish    nanitípah    xákaan   
    so    PERF    we.cooked    my.brother    with.(one.person)   
    So we cooked, my brother and I.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  26. káru    vaa    pafâat    ixútihaak    kíri    nímnish   
    also    so    whatever    you.are.thinking    I.wish    I.cook   
    (She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. chí    pimnîish   
    soon    cook!   
    Cook!
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  28. káru    vúra    chími    nipimnísheesh   
    also    Intensive    soon    I.will.cook   
    And (you can say) just, I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  29. chími    nipimnísheesh   
    soon    I.will.cook   
    I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  30. chí    nipimnísheesh   
    soon    I.will.cook   
    I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  31. kári    xás    upêer    pamukústaan    yítha    chími    numnîishi   
    then    then    she.tells    her.sister    one    soon    let.us.cook   
    Then one said to her sister, "Let's cook!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  32. kári    xás    ta'ítam    kunimníshaheen   
    then    then    so    they.cooked.it   
    And so they cooked it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  33. xás    ikxúrar    tá    kunímnish   
    then    evening    PERF    they.cooked   
    And in the evening (the women) cooked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  34. xás    kári    kúkuum    pa'ifápiitsha    tá    kunímnish   
    then    then    again    the.young.women    PERF    they.cooked   
    And the young women cooked again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  35. xás    uxús    tîi    kanimnîishi   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.cook.it!   
    Then he thought, "Let me cook it!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  36. xás    tóo    mnish   
    then    he.had    cook   
    Then he cooked (the salmon).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  37. áama    tá    kunímnish   
    salmon    PERF    they.cooked.it   
    They cooked salmon.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  38. xás    âapun    vúra    uum    pootâayhiti    pamukun'ásip    káru    vúra    fâat    vúra    pakuntâarahiti    pakunimnísheesh   
    then    on.the.ground    Intensive    3.SG    that.it.was.a.lot    their.baskets    also    Intensive    what    Intensive    that.they.had    when.they.would.cook   
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  39. yuhsahrímkaam    tá    kunmah    vaa    káan    tá    kunímnish    xuun    púufich    áama   
    placename    PERF    they.saw.him    so    there    PERF    they.cooked.it    acorn.soup    deer    salmon   
    They saw (i.e., met) him at yuhsarímkaam; there they cooked acorn soup, venison, salmon.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text