Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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 text
  2. mâa    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 text
  3. yánava    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 text
  4. pakoovúra    pananuppírish    puyíththaxay    vúra    kúnish    vaa    kumeekyâahara    peheeraha'íppa    vúra    chishihpurith'íppa    kích    vaa    kúnish    kuméekyav    pa'apxantîich    îin        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 text
  5. vaa    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 text
  6. tírihsha    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 text
  7. íp    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 text
  8. yáan    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 text
  9. pirísh'anammahach   
    little.leaf   
    little leaf
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  10. pinishtunvêechchas   
    little.leaves   
    little leaves
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  11. pamuppírish   
    its.leaves   
    its foliage
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  12. pírish   
    plant   
    leaf; plant
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  13. iheerahapírish   
    tobacco.leaf   
    tobacco leaves
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  14. pírishha   
    to.be.putting.forth.foliage   
    to put forth leaves
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  15. pirisháptiik   
    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 text
  16. sanpírish    múpsiih   
    maple.leaf    its.leg   
    maple leaf stem
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  17. afiv'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 text
  18. vâaramsa    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 text
  19. pirishyâamachas    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 text
  20. áankunish    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 text
  21. pamupírish    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 text
  22. vaa    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 text
  23. vaa    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 text
  24. pamúsmus    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
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  25. xás    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 text
  26. xás    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 text
  27. kári    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 text
  28. ta'ítam    pírish    úkyav   
    so    plant    he.made.it   
    And he made medicine.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  29. kári    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 text
  30. kári    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 text
  31. pa'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 text
  32. púyava    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 text
  33. púyava    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 text
  34. xás    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 text
  35. pínishtunvêech    kun'ápimtih   
    little.plants    they.were.looking   
    They were looking for plants.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text
  36. xás    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 text
  37. 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