Ararahih'urípih
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inish to do (something) with, to do (something) to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2657 | revised Jul 22 2014

inish • V • to do (something) with, to do (something) to

Source: WB 632, p.347

Note: Loses initial /i/ after prefixal vowels.

  • páy uum iníishi. Do it this way! [Reference: KV]
  • vúra hûut chí paninísheesh. I don't know what to do with them. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. naníxvaah    níhruuvti    níxus    vaa    páy    ninísheesh   
    my.head    I'm.using.it    I.think    so    this    I'll.do.like.this   
    I'm using my head, I think, “I'll do like this.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. xás    achvúun    uppiip    naa    îin    pukinîikyáreeshara    vaa    vúra    páy    kyôomahich    nuníshsheesh   
    then    hookbill.salmon    he.said    1sg.    TOPIC    I.shall.not.kill.you    so    Intensive    this    little.bit    I.shall.do.to.you   
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    ta'ítam    páy    uníshaheen   
    then    then    so    this    he.did.it.with.it   
    And he did this with it (wadded it up, shown by informant's gestures.)
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upíip    pihnêefich    yee    hûut    inísheesh    pamí'aan    húuk    paathmi   
    then    then    he.said    coyote    well    how    you.will.do.with.it    your.string    to.where    throw.it.to   
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    uxus    hûut    áta    paninísheesh   
    then    then    he.thought    how    maybe    that.I.will.do.with.it   
    And he thought, "How shall I do with it, I wonder?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  6. hûut    chími    unísheesh    pa'as    sú'    úkrii    payuuxmachmahánach   
    how    soon    she.will.do.with.it    the.rock    inside    he.was    the.lizard   
    What was she to do with the rock? Lizard was inside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  7. hûut    chí    kuninísheesh   
    how    soon    they.will.do.it.with.them   
    What were they to do with (the girls)?
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    uxús    kahyuras'afishríhan    hûut    áta    ník    níniishvunaa   
    then    then    he.thought    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man    how    maybe    a.little    I.do.with.them   
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "How ever shall I do with them?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  9. xás    pachánchaaf    páy    únish    pachánchaaf    utaxyásur   
    then    the.foam    this    she.did.to    the.foam    she.pushed.it.apart.with.her.hands   
    So she did like this to the foam, she separated the foam with her hands.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text