Ararahih'urípih
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-pîimich / -pîimach next to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4815 | revised Oct 31 2014

-pîimich / -pîimach • N • next to

Derivatives (2)
ivpîimach "near the house"
tikankampîimach "forefinger"

Source: WB 1137, p.374

Note: Bound stem; used mainly with possessives, e.g. mupîimach 'next to him'.

  • xás vaa mukunpîimich mít u'ívatak. And near them someone had died. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 005]
  • vaa vúra avpîimich poo'axaychákishrihti, xakararátiik mûuk. He holds it close to his face with both hands. [Reference: TK 233.10]

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  1. hâari    vaa    káan    vúra    mupîimach    tá    kunmah    akthiptunveechiváxrah    âapun    ithivthaneensúruk   
    sometime    that    there    Intensive    next.to.it    PERF    they.see    wild.oat.straw    on.the.ground    under.ground   
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  2. taay    tûupichas    u'íifti    sú'    vaa    mupîimachich    patayîith   
    much    small.ones    it.is.growing    inside    that    next.to.it    the.Indian.potato   
    There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  3. pîimich    ni'úumeesh    kahtíshraam   
    next.to    I.will.go    Yreka   
    I am going near Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  4. naa    kahtíshraam    mupîimich    káan    paníkrii   
    1sg.    Yreka    near.it    there    that.I.live   
    I live nearby Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  5. chivchakarapîimich   
    next.to.the.door   
    It is by the door.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  6. ahapîimich    kaan    úkrii   
    next.to.the.fire    there    he.sits   
    He's sitting close to the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. xás    kunipêer    vaa    káan    kúniihki    mufithíhkaam    mupîimich    vaa    káan    pamúthvaay    utháaniv   
    then    they.told.him    so    there    shoot.at.him!    his.big.toe    next.to.it    so    there    his.heart    it.lies   
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  8. xás    mupîimach    uhyárih   
    then    next.to.her    he.is.standing   
    Next to her a man is standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  9. káru    yítha    pa'ávansa    mupîimach    uhyárih   
    also    one    the.man    next.to.her    he.is.standing   
    And one man is standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  10. xás    payêem    áxak    pa'ávansa    vúra    káan    mupîimach    kun'iruvêehriv   
    then    now    two    the.men    Intensive    there    next.to.her    they.are.standing   
    Now two men are standing there next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  11. xás    mupîimach    pamu'áka    uhyárih   
    then    next.to.her    her.father    he.is.standing   
    Next to her is standing her father.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  12. kúkuum    vúra    vaa    káan    uhyárih    payêem    áxak    pa'ávansa    mupîimach    kun'iruvêehriv   
    again    Intensive    so    there    she.is.standing    now    two    the.men    next.to.her    they.are.standing   
    Again she is standing there like that, now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  13. xás    pamu'áka    mupîimach    uhyárih   
    then    her.father    next.to.her    he.is.standing   
    Her father is standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  14. xás    payêem    áxak    pa'ávansa    kun'iruvêehrim    mupîimach   
    then    now    two    the.men    they.are.standing    next.to.her   
    Now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  15. káru    pirishxárahsa    uvêehrimva    mupîimach   
    also    long.grass    it.is.standing    next.to.him   
    And tall grass is standing next to him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text