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lexicon ID #369 | revised Aug 19 2014
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xas upíip "vup'áfiv tákurukrivan hitíhaan íp napáknitsurunat then he.said base.of.the.neck coiled always PAST I.plucked.it.off And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textfâat vaa vúra vaa pávaa kupítihan man'áta axraas what that Intensive that that is.doing maybe gopher It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full textvúra fâatva vaa vúra pávaa kupítihan sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih Intensive something so Intensive that is.doing inside under.ground it.is.carrying.things.around Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground. Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full textnaa vúra pu naxútihan, kíri kunikviit-hívath 1sg. Intensive NEG I.didn't.think I.wish they.make.him.sleep I just didn't want them to put him to sleep. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textvaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv pu'uum vúra fâat kumakêemish áamtihan so because.of that.almost he.died not.he Intensive what kind.of.poison he.didn't.eat "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textxás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha puhúun vúra íinatihan then now 3.SG Intensive he.recovered not.harm Intensive it.doesn't.do And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textpayêem puhúun íinatihan now not.harm it.doesn't.do Now there’s nothing wrong with him. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textvaa pávaa tá kupavêenahan koovúra tutháfip panunupatúmkir that who.that PERF one.who.made.mischief all he.has.devoured.them our.pillows That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows." Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkári xás kun'áharam kunpiip vaa pávaa kupavêenahan then then they.chased.him they.said that who.thusly one.who.does.mischief Then they chased him, they said, "That's the one who did that mischief." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textkári xás kunpíip pa'îin kun'áharamutih naa nipêesh vaa pa'ípa ikmaháchraam kúkreenhat then then they.said who they.were.chasing.him 1sg. I.will.say that who.(in.the.recent.past) sweathouse one.who.stayed Then the ones chasing him said, "I'll bet that was him who was in the sweathouse." Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full textxás kunpíip uum pihnêefich pathivtaaptíhan pu'uumhára peekriihvútihan then they.said 3.SG coyote who.is.dancing not.him who.is.fishing And they said, "It's Coyote who's dancing, it's not him that's fishing. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish it.was.because this the.one.which.is.flowing.downstream soon they.were.going.to.dance.from.the.lake.mouth It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows. Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full textkári xás upiip akâay kích vúra ipshansîipreevishan pamu'ípih then then he.said who only Intensive one.who.will.carry.away his.bones And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full textkári 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 textkári xás uthítiimtih pavuraakirasúruk ikrêen paniinamichtâapas then then he.heard underneath.the.ladder sitting the.smallest And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it. Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full textôok uum pu'áhootihara pa'ípihitihan here 3.SG he.doesn't.travel the.one.who.has.bones People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textpa'ára papivankôotihan kéevniikich the.person the.one.going.to.look.for.him old.woman.(dimin.) The person who was going to look for him was an old woman. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textuum pa'áraar pápimtihan ithahárinay vúra pumaahtíhap 3.SG the.person the.one.looking.for.him a.whole.year Intensive she.did.not.see.him She, the person looking for him, didn’t see him for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textpúyava pa'îim ikrêen púyava tóo ykar pavírusar you.see the.one.outdoors who.stays you.see he.has beat the.bear And the one who stayed outside killed the bear. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textvaa uum papaaxkívtihan uum peekpihan'íshiip káru peeshnanich'íshiip so 3.SG who.win 3.SG the.strongest also the.swiftest The winners were the strongest and the swiftest. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full textpayêem asiktávaan peehyárihan úksuupkutih pa'ípaha now woman one.that.is.standing she.is.pointing.at.it the.tree Now a woman is the one standing, she is pointing at the tree. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpayêem asiktávaan peehyárihan now woman one.that.is.standing Now a woman is the one standing. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text