Ararahih'urípih
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-thun / -thuna- around, here and there

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6019 | revised Oct 31 2014

-thun / -thuna- • SUFF • around, here and there

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Note: Corresponding plural action suffix is -piithva (a/u).

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  1. xas    xára    vura    u'êethithun    pa'as   
    then    long.time    Intensive    he.carried.it.around    the.rock   
    Then he packed that rock around.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. poo'oonváthunati    pamusavásiivsha   
    he.took.(two.or.more.people).around    the.his.nephews   
    Coyote took his nephews through mourning around all the time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. vaa    vúra    ník    kun'áapunmutihanik    káru    vaa    uum    yáv    papírish    ávahkam    kunithyúruthunatihaak    patá    kunpúhthaampimarahaak   
    so    Intensive    a.little    they.knew.it.long.ago    also    so    3.SG    good    the.foliage    over    when.they.drag.it.around    that.has    when.they.finish.gardening   
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  4. naa    vúra    payêem    nikpuhúthunavish   
    1sg.    Intensive    now    I.am.swimming.around   
    I am swimming around.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  5. îikam    paaxíitichas    kunihmárathunanaatih    xás    vúra    vaa    káan    kuniksháahtih   
    outdoors    the.kids    they.are.running.around    then    Intensive    that    there    they.are.laughing   
    The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. îikam    paaxíitichas    kunihmárathununaatih    xas    vúra    koovúra    yáv    kunipmahóonkoonatih   
    outdoors    the.kids    they.are.running.around    then    Intensive    all    good    they.are.feeling   
    The kids are running around outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. pûuhara    naa    nixúti    îikam    vúra    káan    kunihmárathununaatih    xás    koovúra    vaa    vúra    yáv    kunipmahóonkoonatih   
    no    1sg.    I.am.thinking    outdoors    Intensive    there    they.were.running.around    then    all    that    Intensive    good    they.are.feeling   
    No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. u'ihukárahitih    veeshura'ípan    pakuntâatathunatih   
    there.is.a.flower.dance    horn.end    that.they.are.tossing.her.around.with   
    They're having a puberty dance, they're tossing her around on the ends of their horns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text