Ararahih'urípih
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páchish / páchishrih- to throw down

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4452 | revised Oct 31 2014

páchish / páchishrih- • V • to throw down

Source: WB 1088.1, p.371

  • âapun íp upáchishrihat. She threw it down on the ground. [Reference: KV]
  • ithyáruk ka'íru xás upáchishrihanik. She also then threw it over across the river. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 214]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. fátaak    vúra    tá    nipáchish    yítha    kúna    nikyâasip   
    somewhere    Intensive    PERF    I.throw.it.down    one    in.addition    I.start.it   
    I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. mâa    yáxa    vaa    puxay    íim    pu'ipthíithtihara    vaa    vúra    tipáchish   
    look!    look!    so    not.yet    2sg.    you.don't.finish.it    so    Intensive    PERF   
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. kári    xás    kunpipáchish   
    then    then    they.threw.him.down   
    Then they threw him down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    upáchish    pamaruk'áraar    ukráam    upaathkúrih   
    then    then    he.threw.him.down    the.giant    lake    he.threw.him.into.water   
    Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text