Ararahih'urípih
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sípnuuk storage basket (O'Neale, pp. 38-40)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5422 | revised Dec 03 2015

sípnuuk • N • storage basket (O'Neale, pp. 38-40)

Derivatives (6)
iheerahasípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40)"
sipnúukan "in a storage basket"
sipnúukith "money basket"
sipnúk'anamahach "trinket basket"
sipnuk'átimnam "type of basket used for carrying light loads"
uhsípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40) "

Source: WB 1233, p.379

Note: The locative is sipnúukan or sipnúukak 'in a storage basket.'

  • tîi naa yúrasak kanvâaram, sipnúukan su'. Let me go down to the ocean inside the basket! [Reference: KS Crane 074]
  • chími kiik'íchunvi, sipnúukan kiik'iruváramnihi. You two come hide, get into the storage baskets! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 018]

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  1. uhsípnuuk   
    tobacco.storage.basket   
    tobacco basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. iheerahasípnuuk   
    tobacco.storage.basket   
    tobacco basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  3. sípnuuk   
    storage.basket   
    storage basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  4. xás    sípnuuk    káruk    u'êethroov   
    then    storage.basket    upriver    he.carried.it.upriver   
    So he took a storage basket upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. xás    upêer    pasípnuuk    naa    ík    vúra    neemúsahitiheesh    peekûuntakoo   
    then    he.told.it    the.storage.basket    1sg.    must    Intensive    you.will.look.like.me    as.you.sit   
    And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. xás    kári    pamúvaas    uyxôorariv    pasípnuuk   
    then    then    his.blanket    he.covered.it.with.it    the.storage.basket   
    Then he covered the storage basket with his blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. xás    ta'ítam    úkriihvaheen    pasípnuuk    upakurîihvutih   
    then    so    it.fished.with.a.set-net    the.storage.basket    he.was.singing   
    Then the storage basket fished, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. yánava    káan    kích    sípnuuk    úkrii    upakurîihvutih   
    visible    there    only    storage.basket    it.sat    it.was.singing   
    They saw it was just a storage basket sitting there, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  9. sípnuuk    kích    káan    ukûuntakoo   
    storage.basket    only    there    it.is.sitting   
    Just a storage basket is sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  10. xás    pihnêefich    vúra    uum    sípnukaam    tóo    thárish    pakáan    umáhyaaneesh   
    then    coyote    Intensive    3.SG    big.storage.basket    it.is    put.down    there    they.will.put.it.in   
    And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  11. xás    pamusípnuuk    uum    ipshûunkinich    kúna    vúra    tinihyâach    káan    u'uuchnímach   
    then    his.storage.basket    3.SG    low    in.addition    Intensive    quite.wide    there    it.was.squatting   
    And his storage basket was short, but it was sort of wide, it was squatting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    asiktâan    kinipéer    chími    shipnúkaam    kiikvîiki   
    then    then    woman    they.were.told    soon    big.storage.basket    you.weave   
    And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  13. káru    pamukrívraam    upikchákiroopithva    pasípnuuk    axyaráva   
    also    his.house    it.was.lined.up.around    the.storage.baskets    all.full   
    And they were lined up around (the inside of) his house, the storage baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  14. pufíchtaahkoo    ípmiif    káru    pakóo    kumá'uup    pootháthriinaa    pasipnúukak   
    white.deer    black.deer    also    all    kinds.of.treasure    that.it.sat    in.the.storage.baskets   
    White deerskins, black deerskins, and every kind of treasure sat in the storage baskets.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  15. itaharatápas    pamusípnuuk    poopikchákiroopithva   
    whole.lot    his.storage.baskets    that.it.was.lined.up.around   
    There were a whole lot of storage baskets lined up around.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  16. xás    uxus    tîi    kan'ixupsúroo    pasípnuuk   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.uncover.them!    the.storage.baskets   
    And he thought, "Let me uncover the storage baskets!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text