Ararahih'urípih
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taxyêem front yard

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5810 | revised Dec 29 2015

taxyêem N • front yard

Derivatives (3)
taxyéemaam "a placename, part of Ishi Pishi rancheria"
taxyeemákaam "placename at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
taxyeemákaam "name of a woman, Mary, George Wilder's mother"

Source: WB 1360, p.385; TK 263.30

Usage: "Old word," equiv. to iv'îikam 'outside_house' (JPH)..

  • áta hôoy u'ipanivôohiti pamukuntaxyêem. One could not see the end of their yards. [Reference: TK 263.22]
  • kári xás mutaxyêemak káan xás uhyárihish. And he stood still there in his yard. [Reference: WB T52.66]


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  1. kári    xás    mutaxyêemak    káan    xás    uhyárihish   
    then    then    in.his.front.yard    there    then    he.stood.still   
    Then he stood still there in his yard.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  2. xás    uxus    kaanvári    niptaxarápishriheesh    nanitaxyêemak   
    then    he.thought    in.that.direction    I.will.end.my.stride.back.there    in.my.front.yard   
    And he thought, "I'll stride back there into my yard."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  3. mutaxyêemak    utaxáraapramnih   
    3sPOSS    he.strode.into.it   
    He strode into his yard.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text