Ararahih'urípih
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ma' uphill, in the mountains

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4289 | revised Jul 22 2014

ma' • ADV • uphill, in the mountains

Derivatives (2)
mahihêeraha "mountain tobacco"
mah'ápxaan "hunter's hat, overlaid mostly with pine roots"

Note: The form ma' occurs by itself and in a few combintions, e.g. ma'hínva 'uphillward'. The form mah- usually occurs before nouns, as in máhsaan 'mountain maple'. 'uphillwards'

    Sentence examples (7)

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    1. xas    papúufich    tá    kunthathyúrufurukva    ma'    kûukam   
      then    the.deer    PERF    they.dragged.it.indoors    uphill    in.that.direction   
      Then they dragged in the deer through the hole in the wall at the back of the house.
      Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

    2. sahihêeraha    káru    mahihêeraha   
      downslope.tobacco    also    upslope.tobacco   
      "Downslope and Upslope Tobacco"
      Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

    3. xás    má'    ukvíripuraa   
      then    uphill    he.ran.uphill   
      And he ran up into the mountains.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

    4. xás    axmáy    ithyáruk    má'    pihnêefich    ukpêehva    shúuuuuhuuuuu   
      then    suddenly    across    uphill    coyote    he.shouted    coyote.howl   
      And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."
      Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

    5. xás    upíip    pakéevriik    uum    vúra    má'    tóo    kvéesh   
      then    she.said    the.old.woman    3.SG    Intensive    uphill    she.is    spend.night   
      And the old woman said, "She's spending the night in the mountains.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

    6. hôoyva    má'    poomkaanvúrayvutih   
      somewhere    uphill    she.was.gathering.from.bushes.here.and.there   
      She was gathering food (from bushes, such as berries) somewhere in the mountains.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

    7. táay    vúra    kunpâakuhinaati    má'    pâakuhiv   
      much    Intensive    they.were.picking.acorns    uphill    acorn.picking.time   
      A lot of people were picking acorns in the mountains, in acorn season.
      Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text