Ararahih'urípih
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táayha / táayhi- to be many

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5542 | revised Dec 20 2015

táayha / táayhi- • V • to be many

Derivation:  táay-ha
much-DENOM

Derivatives (2)
asarakávriik_táayhitihan "a plant, sweet fennel"
asiptayhitíhraam "dish cupboard"

Source: WB 1361.2, p.385

  • pukúnish táayhara paxuntápan. There aren't many acorns. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 418]
  • máruk patíshraam utáayhitihan, kôokininay poo'ámkiinvutihanik. Uphill where there are many flats, he was eating all over. [Reference: KS05 KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 152]

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  1. purafâat    vúra    káru    kuma'úhish    iinâak    táayhitihanik    vúra    ihêeraha    kích    iheeraha'úhish    vúra    kich   
    nothing    Intensive    also    kind.of.seed    indoors    have.been.many.long.ago    Intensive    tobacco    only    tobacco.seed    Intensive    only   
    And they never had any kind of seeds stored in the houses, only the tobacco, the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  2. ithríhar    káru    vúra    pu'ínâak    táayhítihanik   
    flower    also    Intensive    not.indoors    have.many.long.ago   
    And they had no flowers in the houses either.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  3. kúna    vúra    pamukrívraam    vaa    vúra    umúsahiti    panunukrívraam    koovúra    pootâayhiti    iinâak    vaa    vúra    umúsahiti    ôok    iinâak    pootâayhitih   
    in.addition    Intensive    his.house    that    Intensive    it.looks.like    our.house    all    that.they.are.many    indoors    that    Intensive    it.looks.like    here    indoors    that.they.are.many   
    "But his house looks just like our house, everything that is inside looks just like what is inside here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  4. xás    âapun    vúra    uum    pootâayhiti    pamukun'ásip    káru    vúra    fâat    vúra    pakuntâarahiti    pakunimnísheesh   
    then    on.the.ground    Intensive    3.SG    that.it.was.a.lot    their.baskets    also    Intensive    what    Intensive    that.they.had    when.they.would.cook   
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  5. xás    pa'ávansa    vúra    kích    mukun'ikrívkir    utâayhiti   
    then    the.men    Intensive    only    their.chairs    it.was.a.lot   
    And only the men's seats were there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text