Ararahih'urípih
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amkúufha / amkúufhi- to give off smoke or steam

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #342 | revised Oct 31 2014

amkúufha / amkúufhi- • V • to give off smoke or steam

Derivation:  ámkuuf-ha
smoke-DENOM

  • úmkuufhiti pa'íshaha. The water is steaming. [Reference: WB T10.22]
  • yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay, úmkuufhinaati, u'iinvúnaati. He saw that there were a lot of fires in the mountains, a lot of smokes, a lot of forest fires. [Reference: WB T10.22]

See -ha 'denominative'

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. xás    pakáan    u'úum    yánava    vúra    áhtaay    má'ninay    úmkuufhinaatih    u'iinvúnaatih   
    then    when.there    he.arrived    visible    Intensive    lots.of.fire    high.mountain.country    there.was.a.lot.of.smoke    there.were.forest.fires   
    And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  2. xás    peethyáruk    kunitkárati    axmáy    úmkuufha    kufípriik   
    then    when.across.river    they.were.looking.across.river    suddenly    there.was.smoke    willow.grove   
    And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. peepárihrupahaak    yúruk    peepitvâavnukahaak    imáheesh    úmkuufhitih   
    when.you.go.back.downriver    downriver    when.you.look.down.over.again    you.will.see    it.is.giving.off.smoke   
    When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  4. víri    îifuti    poopitrûuputi    víri    kún    yúruk    úmkuufhitih   
    so    sure.enough    when.he.was.looking.downriver.again    so    meaning.unknown    downriver    it.was.giving.off.smoke   
    Sure enough, when he looked downriver, there downriver was the smoke.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text