Ararahih'urípih
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mâam uphill (a short distance)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4147 | revised Aug 05 2014

mâam ADV • uphill (a short distance)

Derivatives (2)
asipakmâam "placename, a target station near Katimin"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"

Source: WB 953.19, p.365

Note: Contraction of mâakukam, mâakam; never glottalized.

  • xás víri kúna kumâam kunihmárafak pakah'árahsas. And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 057]


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  1. xás    mâamvanihich        kun'írunaa   
    then    a.little.uphill.    PERF    they.traveled   
    Then they traveled up slope a little ways.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  2. chôora    kumâam   
    let's.go    uphill   
    Let's go uphill!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  3. kumâam    núvyiiship   
    uphill    we.go   
    Let's go uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  4. ipít    kumâam    núvyiishipriv   
    yesterday    uphill    we.went   
    Yesterday we went up the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. kumâam        ni'árihishrih   
    up.the.hill    PERF    I.got   
    I made it to the top of the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. Kúkuum   
    again   
    Again we– uphill we– we chopped them down, we stripped little trees.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  7. xás    víri    kúna    kumâam    kunihmárafak    pakah'árahsas   
    then    so    in.addition    just.upslope    they.ran.down.from.uphill    the.upriver.people   
    And the upriver people were running down from uphill just upslope from them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  8. mâam    pakúusra    tuváruprav   
    uphill    the.sun    it.rose   
    The sun rose just uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  9. uxútih    kumâam    úkrii    pakúusrah   
    he.thinks    uphill.from.here    it.lives    the.sun   
    He thought, "The sun is just uphill from here."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  10. xás    aseeshtákak    poopitvâavnuk    mâam    páykuuk    umah        kunpífukraa    mú'arama    xákaan   
    then    placename    when.he.looks.over.his.shoulder    uphill    over.there    he.sees    PERF    they.were.climbing.uphill    his.child    both   
    And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text
  11. káru    pa'avansáxiich    uum        mâam    kun'íkakraa   
    also    the.boys    3.SG    PERF    uphill    they.hurried.uphill   
    And the boys were already climbing uphill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  12. víri    káan    ník    mâam    kun'iruveehrímpiithva   
    so    there    a.little    uphill    they.stood.around   
    They stood around uphill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    poovâaram    mâamvanihich    tóo    kfuukra   
    then    then    when.he.went    towards.uphill.a.little    he.had    climb.up.from.downhill   
    So when he went, he climbed a little ways uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  14. víri    kún    mumâam    áxak    ifápiitsha    kunirúfak   
    so    meaning.unknown    uphill.from.him    two    young.women    they.came.down.from.uphill   
    There uphill from him two young women came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  15. xás    pámita    îin    kunsíitvat    úpeenti    xáyfaat    mâam    kúuk    ikuníhivraa   
    then    who    TOPIC    they.stole.him    he.told.him    don't!    uphill    to.there    you.shoot.over!   
    And the one who stole him told him, "Don't shoot up over the hill!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  16. xás    mâam    kúuk    ukúniihva    yiimúsich    vúra   
    then    uphill    to.there    he.shot    little.ways.off    Intensive   
    So he shot a little ways uphillward.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  17. púya    mâam    kanéepeentih    axicha'êechkeepuhich    níkrii   
    and.so    uphill    they.were.telling.me    kidnapped.child    I.am   
    "Say, I'm told uphill, I'm a kidnapped child!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  18. púyava    patóo    kvíripuni    pa'áthiith    tóo    kuuyva    mâam    xás    tupikyívish   
    you.see    when.he.had    he.ran.downhill    the.hazel.branches    he.had    strike    uphill    then    he.fell.back.down   
    And when he ran downhill, he hit the hazel branches, and he fell back to the ground uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  19. mâam    patusúpaaha    maruk    too    trâa    tuvásip   
    uphill    when.it.had.become.day    uphill    he.PERF    look.upward    it.rose   
    When day broke, he looked uphill and it was rising uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  20. kumáam    vúra    hôoy    upíip    poo'aramsîip    tuvásip   
    uphill.from    Intensive    where    he.said    where.it.starts.out    it.rose   
    He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  21. payêem    vúra    hôoyva    u'aramsîiprivtih    pu'aapunmuti    uxúti    kumâam    vúra    upíip    poo'aramsîiprivtih   
    now    Intensive    somewhere    it.came.from.there    he.doesn't.know    he.was.thinking    uphill    Intensive    he.said    that.it.comes.from   
    He doesn't even know where it comes from, he was thinking it just came from up in the hill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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