Ararahih'urípih
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támit already in the past

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5630 | revised Nov 14 2014

támit • PCL • already in the past

Derivation:  tah mit
already near.past

Source: WB 1272.2, p.381

Note: No lengthening of /m/.

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. támit    u'ívat   
    already.in.the.past    he.died   
    "He died."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. ayu’âach    púfaat    pa'ávansa    iináak    panini'ákah    uum    támit    u'ívat   
    it.was.because    nothing    the.men    placename    my.father    3.SG    already.in.the.past    he.died   
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  3. káan    pihnêefich    úkrii    muyeeripáxvu    xákaan    kun'iin    muhrôoha    támit    u'ívat   
    there    coyote    he.lives    his.daughter    both    they.lived    his.wife    already.in.the.past    she.died   
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text