Ararahih'urípih
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ishpuk / ishpuka- dentalium shells (used as money); money; gold

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3054 | revised Oct 31 2014

ishpuk / ishpuka- • N • dentalium shells (used as money); money; gold

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 716, p.351; JPH ani 15:765

  • vúra ishpukamúrax. He was covered with money. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 339]
  • pishîich peeshpúk nipachnúteesh. First I will suck the dentalia. [Reference: KT 135b.30]

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  1. itnoopámahich    ník    kana'êeh    xás    váa    káru    vúra    pa'íshpuk    púvaxay    kana'êehap    káruma    chímiheesh    ithakûusrah    véenik    mit    paniykáranaat   
    five.each    a.little    they.gve.me    then    so    also    Intensive    the.money    not.yet    they.give.me    in.fact    soon.will    one.month    ago    near.past    that.I.killed.them   
    They would scarcely give me five dollars apiece for them. And even that money they haven't paid me yet, and it's almost a month since I killed them.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. yanava    uspúkahiti    kaan   
    visible    there.was.gold    there   
    I found there was gold there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  3. kâan    xas    kêechas    péeshpuk    cháavura    áxxak    nimma   
    there    then    big.ones    the.gold    finally    two    I.saw.them   
    And right there I found two big gold nuggets.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  4. xás    úum    vúra    hitíhaan    poopítih    "kahyúras    nivâarameesh    íshpuk    nipachnútareesh   
    then    3.SG    Intensive    always    he.said    Klamath.Lakes    I.will.go    dentalium.shells    I.will.go.to.suck   
    Then he (Coyote) said all the time: "I am going to go to the Klamath Lakes to suck out dentalia."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  5. káruma    íp    íshpuk    upachnútantihat   
    in.fact    PAST    dentalium.shells    he.went.to.suck.   
    He was going to suck dentalia, he was on the way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  6. naa    íshpuk    tá    nipachnutar   
    1sg.    dentalium.shells    PERF    I.am.going.to.suck   
    "I am going to suck dentalia."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  7. púfaat    naníshpuk   
    nothing    my.money   
    I don't have any money.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  8. kári    xás    upiip    hôoy    imáahti    peeshpuk   
    then    then    he.said    where    you.are.finding.it    the.dentalium.shells   
    And he said, "Where do you find the money?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. vaa    peeshpúk    nikyâareesh    íf    tá    nitápkuup   
    so    the.dentalium.shells    I.will.go.gather.it    truly    PERF    I.like.it   
    I will go get that money, I have really taken a liking to it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    u'árihroov    áan    ithá'iithva    antunvêech    vaa    poovúpareesh    peeshpuk   
    then    then    he.went.upriver    string    one.pack-load    a.little.string    so    which.he.will.string.it.with    the.dentalium.shells   
    And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  11. vúra    vaa    too    xus    puna'ísheeshara    naa    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    Intensive    so    he.had    think    I.will.not.drink    1sg.    dentalium.shells    I'm.going.to.get.it   
    He thought like that, "I won't drink, I'm going to get money."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  12. káruma    kahyúras    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    in.fact    Klamath.Lakes    dentalium.shells    I.am.going.in.order.to.gather.it   
    I'm going to get money at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  13. upipshinvárihva    peeshpúk    káruk    ukyâantih   
    he.forgot    that.money    upriver    he.was.going.in.order.to.get.it   
    He forgot that he was going upriver to get money.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  14. kári    xás    uxúsaanik    chími    káruk    ishpúk    kanikyâan    kahyúras   
    then    then    he.thought    soon    upriver    dentalium.shells    let.me.go.to.get.it!    Klamath.Lakes   
    And he thought, "Let me go upriver to get money at Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  15. káruk    ishpúk    ukyâaranik   
    upriver    dentalium.shells    he.went.to.get.it   
    He went upriver to get money.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  16. pihnêefich    uum    ishpukéekyav    tóo    thvoonha   
    coyote    3.SG    money-making    he.had    be.eager.(to.do)   
    Coyote wanted to make money.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  17. xás    upíip    kahyúras    tá    nivâaram    ishpúk    tá    nikyáar   
    then    he.said    Klamath.Lakes    PERF    I.leave    dentalium.shells    PERF    I.go.in.order.to.get.it   
    And he said, "I'm leaving for Klamath Lakes, I'm going to make money."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  18. kahyúras    nivâarameesh    ishpúk    nikyâareesh   
    Klamath.Lakes    I.will.leave    dentalium.shells    I.will.go.to.get.it   
    "I'll leave for Klamath Lakes, I'll go make money."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  19. xás    íp    táay    áan    usáanvutihat    káruma    vaa    íp    uvúpareeshat    pamúspuk   
    then    PAST    much    string    he.was.carrying.it    in.fact    that    PAST    he.was.going.to.string.his.money.with.it    his.money   
    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  20. pihnêefich    uxus    tîi    kahyúras    kanvâarami    ishpúk    kanikyáan   
    coyote    he.thought    let...    Klamath.Lakes    let.me.go!    dentalium.shells    let.me.go.gather.it!   
    Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  21. kahyúras    nivâaramutih    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    Klamath.Lakes    I.am.going.to.there    dentalium.shells    I.am.going.in.order.to.get.it   
    I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  22. kári    xás    upiip    naa    kahyúras    nivâaramutih    ishpúk    nikyâantih   
    then    then    he.said    1sg.    Klamath.Lakes    I.am.going.to.there    dentalium.shells    I.am.going.in.order.to.get.it   
    And he said, "I'm going to Klamath Lakes, I'm going to get money.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  23. koovúra    paniníshaanva    ishpúk    kamikxúrikarahiti    káru    fúrax   
    all    my.clothes    dentalium.shells    let.it.be.decorated.with.it    also    woodpecker.head   
    Let all my clothes be decorated with money and woodpecker heads!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  24. kári    peeshpúk    tá    kin'éeh   
    then    the.money    PERF    they.gave.them   
    Then (the whites) gave them money (i.e., coins).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text