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pírish grass, leaf, bush, brush, plant (excluding trees); 'medicine,' i.e. a preparation for magical purposes, not necessarily including plants; leaves of the tobacco plant
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lexicon ID #4963 | revised Feb 17 2016
pírish • N • grass, leaf, bush, brush, plant (excluding trees); 'medicine,' i.e. a preparation for magical purposes, not necessarily including plants; leaves of the tobacco plant
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Source: WB 1148, p.374
- xás mupírish úkyav, pasáhyuux. And he made his medicine out of sand. [Reference: WB T51.14]
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mâa vúrava sâam súva vúrava papírish úxaaktih look! just little.downhill listen! just the.brush it.is.making.a.noise A little downhill I heard a noise in the brush. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textmâa vúrava sáruk papírish kich uváyvaayhitih look! just downhill the.brush only it.is.waving Only the brush was moving. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textyánava sáruk xás pírishak uthantákikva visible downhill then in.the.brush it.is.stuck I found that it had got stuck in the brush down there. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textpakoovúra pananuppírish puyíththaxay vúra kúnish vaa kumeekyâahara peheeraha'íppa vúra chishihpurith'íppa kích vaa kúnish kuméekyav pa'apxantîich îin tá kinippêer that.of.all our.plant not.a.single.one Intensive sort.of that it.is.not.the.kind.of.make the.tobacco.plant Intensive black.nightshade.plant only that sort.of kind.of.make the.white.man TOPIC PERF he.said.to.us Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full textvaa vúra púrith umússahiti kúna vúra axvíththirar umússahiti pachishihpúrith uxraháthkaay pappírish káru vúra axvíththirarkunish so Intensive huckleberry it.is.looking.like.it in.addition Intensive dirty it.is.looking.like.it the.dog.huckleberry sour the.leaves also Intensive dirty-like They look like huckleberries, but the dog huckleberries are dirty looking, they are sour, the leaves also are dirty looking. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full texttírihsha pamupírish ikpíhan imxathakkêem wide.ones its.leaves strong bad-smelling It has widish leaves, it is strong, it stinks. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full textíp nimáhat pamiheerahappírish PAST I.saw.it your.tobacco.leaves I saw your good for nothing tobacco weeds. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textyáan vúr u'íkkyusunutihach peheerahappírish recently Intensive it.is.just.pointing.up.off the.tobacco.leaves The tobacco is just starting to come up. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpirísh'anammahach little.leaf little leaf Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpinishtunvêechchas little.leaves little leaves Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpamuppírish its.leaves its foliage Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full textpírish plant leaf; plant Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textiheerahapírish tobacco.leaf tobacco leaves Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textpírishha to.be.putting.forth.foliage to put forth leaves Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textpirisháptiik branch.of.foliage branch, limb, or twig of a piece of foliage (e.g. from a tree) Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textsanpírish múpsiih maple.leaf its.leg maple leaf stem Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textafiv'ávahkam a'vánihich vaa poopírishhiti pamu'iheerahásaan áfiv uum vúra piríshiipux above.the.base a.little.above that that.it.is.putting.forth.leaves its.leaves bottom 3.SG Intensive without.leaves Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textvâaramsa ipaníchihsha peheerahapírish long.ones little.pointed.ones the.tobacco.leaf The tobacco leaves are long, pointed. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textpirishyâamachas xútnahichas tinihyâachas ipaníchihsha tíimxuuskunishas nice.leaves thin.ones wide.ones little.pointed.ones smooth-edged.ones They are nice leaves, thin [sheetlike], not very wide, sharp pointed, smooth-edged. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textáankunish sú' usasípiithva áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti koovúra vookupíti pamupírish áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih string-like inside it.swirls.around middle string-like it.runs.in.through all it.was.doing.it.that.way its.foliage middle string-like it.runs.through They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textpamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara sákriivsha pamúpsii ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha its.leaves Intensive it.is.not.falling.off hard.ones its.stem sinew sort.of its.leaf-stem both where.the.leaves.grow.off hard.ones The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textvaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik káru vaa uum yáv papírish ávahkam kunithyúruthunatihaak patá kunpúhthaampimarahaak so Intensive a.little they.knew.it.long.ago also so 3.SG good the.foliage over when.they.drag.it.around that.has when.they.finish.gardening They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full textvaa vúra ník káru kunáapunmutihanik vaa uum yáv papírish kunvítriptihaak so Intensive a.little also they.knew.it.long.ago so 3.SG good the.foliage that.they.pulled.it.up And they also knew that it was good to pull out weeds. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full textpamúsmus uum pírish u'áamtih the.cow 3.SG plant it.is.eating The cow eats grass. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-14) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás mupírish úkyav pasáhyuux then his.medicine he.made.it the.sand And he made his 'medicine,' it was (composed of) sand. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textxás pamupírish umûutish sáhyuux then his.medicine he.put.it.down sand Then he put his medicine down, the sand. Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textkári xás uxúsaanik kahyuras'afishríhan yaas'ára nanipírish tu'aapúnmahaak yaas'ára káru vúra vaa ukupheesh then then he.thought Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man rich.person my.medicine if.they.know.it rich.person also Intensive so they.will.do.it And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "If Mankind knows my medicine, Mankind will do this way also." Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full textta'ítam pírish úkyav so plant he.made.it And he made medicine. Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full textkári xás koovúra papinishtunvêechas káru koovúra pa'ípaha kunihyûunishtih kunâach'aa puxîichi then then all the.little.plants also all the.trees they.were.shouting.to.him bird.sp. go.hard! And all the little plants and all the trees shouted to him, "Go to it, kunâach'aa!" Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full textkári xás hâari vúra piríshriik patá kun'áhoo pamukunyáfus tutatitítit then then sometime Intensive brushy.place where they.traveled their.dresses it.had.become.tattered And sometimes it was a brushy place where they traveled, their dresses got torn. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textpa'aneekyávaan uum pírish pa'óohruuvtih káru hâari pirish'éepuum the.sweating.doctor 3.SG plant he.used also sometime plant.roots The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full textpúyava xás u'uhyanakôoti papírish you.see then he.talked.to the.plants And he talked to the plants. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full textpúyava páy uum papirish'ánav kunkupeekyâahitih you.see this 3.SG plant.medicine how.they.made.it That’s how they made plant medicine. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full textxás koovúra kumapírish úthvuuyva then all plants she.named And she named all kinds of plants. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full textpínishtunvêech kun'ápimtih little.plants they.were.looking They were looking for plants. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full textxás musmus'asiktâan káan uhyárih pírish u'áamtih then female.cattle there it.is.standing plant it.is.eating A cow is standing there, she is eating grass. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textkáru 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