Ararahih'urípih
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sárip hazel twigs

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lexicon ID #5323 | revised Nov 10 2005

sárip N • hazel twigs

Source: WB 1215; JPH pla 08:420

  • patuyshipnee'ípanich vasárip vaa uum ipshûunkinichas káru úruhsas. The hazel twigs from the mountain top are short and stubby. [Reference: WB T85.5]
  • sárip sú' uhyâarahiti, xáy sú' uvúunvar uhramsúruvarak patákan. They put a hazel stick inside, so the glue won't run into the pipe. [Reference: TK 157.15]


Sentence examples (17)


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  1. hûut    ata    vaa    pasárip    itâarahiva   
    how    maybe    so    the.sticks    you.have.them   
    You've gotta have the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. nixúti    hárivarihva    sárip    nisháankurihat    íshahak   
    I.am.thinking    sometime    hazel.twigs    I.put.them.into.water    in.water   
    [The other day] I thought I'd put some sticks in water.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. vaa    mukunikyáviichva    akâayva    vúra        kunsáruk    pamukunsárip   
    so    their.job    anyone    Intensive    PERF    they.bring    their.sticks   
    That was their job, different people brought them their sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. You can't tell,    xâat    xára    ishanpíithva    pasárip   
    You can't tell,    may    long.time    you.handle.them    the   
    You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5.     nipaathkúrihaheen    pananishárip   
    PERF    I.threw.them.in    my.sticks   
    Then I threw in my sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás    áas    upáathkurih    xás    koovúra    upíktit    pasárip   
    then    water    she.throw.it.in    then    all    she.unwove.it    the.sticks   
    And she threw it in the water, and she unwove all the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. pa'ifápiitsha    sárip        kunishtúkanva   
    the.young.women    hazel.twigs    PERF    they.went.to.pick.them   
    The young women went gathering hazel sticks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text
  8.     kunturíshriihva    pasárip   
    PERF    they.carried.it.in.pack.baskets    the.hazel.sticks   
    They carried home the hazel sticks in burden baskets.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text
  9. pakúnish    itharípriik    vaa    uum    káan    saripyêepshas   
    where.sort.of    fir.forest    so    3.SG    there    good.hazel.twigs   
    The best hazel twigs are those where it is sort of a fir forest.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  10. patuyshipnee'ípanich    vaa    uum    káan    saripkêemshas   
    the.mountain.peak    so    3.SG    there    bad.hazel.twigs   
    There are bad hazel twigs there on the hilltop.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  11. vaa    kumá'ii    payêepshas    pasárip    itharípriik    aayâach    vaa    uum    vâaramsas    káru    xúnutich   
    so    because.of    the.good.ones    the.hazel.twigs    fir.forest    it.was.because    so    3.SG    long.ones    also    flexible.(dimin.)   
    The hazel twigs are good in the fir forest for this reason, it is because they are long and flexible.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  12. patuyshipnee'ípanich    vasárip    vaa    uum    ipshûunkinichas    káru    úruhsas   
    the.mountain.peak    its.hazel.twigs    so    3.SG    short.ones    also    round.ones   
    The hazel twigs of the hilltop are short and stubby (lit., round).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  13. nanítaat    mít    kin'ípeentihat    tuyshipnee'ípanich    uum    saripkêemshas   
    my.mother    near.past    she.was.telling.us    mountain.peak    3.SG    bad.hazel.twigs   
    My mother used to tell us, "They are bad hazel sticks on the hilltop."
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  14. axakhárinay    xás        nústuk    pasárip   
    two.years    then    PERF    we.pick    the.hazel.twigs   
    Then after two years we picked the hazel twigs.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  15. pasárip    tá    kuníshtuukvunaa    kun'ipátsiiprinatih   
    the.hazel.twigs    PERF    they.picked.them    they.were.breaking.them.with.their.fingernails   
    They plucked the hazel twigs, they broke them with their fingernails.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  16. pasárip'atimnak    pakuntúunfak   
    in.the.hazel-twig.burden.baskets    they.carried.wood.downhill   
    They carried them downhill in hazel-twig burden baskets.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  17. pamukun'ápxaan    ukyâarahiti    sárip    káru    sárum   
    their.hat    it.was.made.with    hazel.twigs    also    Jeffrey.pine.root   
    Their hats were made with hazel twigs and pine-roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text