Ararahih'urípih
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tîi let... (expressing wish)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6042 | revised Aug 23 2005

tîi PCL • let... (expressing wish)

Source: WB 1372, p.385

Note: Used with first person imperative, expressing a decision.

  • tîi kan'áhoo Let me walk! I think I'll walk! [Reference: WB files]
  • tîi vúra naa kánsiitvi. I might as well steal it. [Reference: TK 91.4]


Sentence examples (61)


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  1. xás    uxus    tîi    káruk    kanvâarami   
    then    he.thought    let...    upriver    let.me.go   
    He thought: "Let me go upriver."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. xas    uxus    tîi    matêe    kanpútyiinkachi    páy    pa'asayâamachak    vúra    uum    yâamach    pa'as   
    then    he.thought    let...    later    let.me.defecate.on.it    this    on.the.pretty.rock    Intensive    3.SG    pretty    the.rock   
    Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  3. tîi    matêe    kanipvínaxsunachi   
    let...    later    let.me.lick.it.off.a.little   
    "Let me taste it by sticking out my tongue.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  4. tîi    pay    kich    xas    kumatêeshich    kuna    kanpútyiinkachi   
    let...    this    only    then    still.more    in.addition    let.me.defecate.on.it   
    Let me do a little bit more of job on it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    uxus    "tîi    yítha    kán'ám    paxathímtup   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    one    let.me.eat    the.cooked.grasshoppers   
    Then he thought: "Let me eat one of the roasted grasshoppers."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  6. xás    uxus    ti    kanítnuupnihi'   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.look.through.it   
    He thought: "I am going to look in!"
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  7. kári    xás    uxútih    tîi    kanparíshriihvi   
    then    then    he.was.thinking    let...    let.me.twine!   
    And he thought, "Let me twine string!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. xás    uxus    tîi    kúuk    kaníkfuukmi   
    then    he.thought    let...    to.there    let.me.crawl.to.it!   
    And he thought, "Let me crawl to it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    papishpíshi    uxus    tîi    páy    kan'am   
    then    then    the.yellowjacket    he.thought    let...    this    let.me.eat.it!   
    And the yellowjacket thought, "Let me eat this."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. kári    xás    uxús    papihnêefich    tîi    kányuuphi   
    then    then    he.thought    Coyote    let...    let.me.open.my.eyes!   
    And Coyote thought, "Let me open my eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  11. kári    xás    kári    uxus    tîi    kányuuphi    apapíichyuupich   
    then    then    then    he.thinks    let...    I.open.my.eyes    little.eye.on.one.side   
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  12. xás    uxúti    tîi    kanpakatkâatih   
    then    he.was.thinking    let...    let.me.taste.it!   
    And he thought, "Let me taste it!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás    uxúti    tîi    matée    kóomahich    kan'ífapvi    paxathímtas   
    then    he.was.thinking    let...    later    little.bit    let.me.pick.them.up!    the.roasted.grasshoppers   
    And he thought, "Let me pick up a few roasted grasshoppers for a moment!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. uxúti    tîi    kanpakatkâati    papatúmkir   
    he.was.thinking    let...    let.me.take.a.taste.of.them!    the.pillows   
    And he thought, "Let me taste the pillows!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  15. xás    uxús    pihnêefich    tîi    kanitníshuk   
    then    he.thought    coyote    let...    let.me.look.out!   
    And Coyote thought, "Let me look out!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  16. pihnêefich    uxus    tîi    kahyúras    kanvâarami    ishpúk    kanikyáan   
    coyote    he.thought    let...    Klamath.Lakes    let.me.go!    dentalium.shells    let.me.go.gather.it!   
    Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes, let me go get money."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  17. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    yíth    kanpíkyav    pananíshaanva   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    other    let.me.make.it.again!    my.clothing   
    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  18. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    kan'ám    yítha   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.eat.it!    one   
    Then he thought, "Let me eat one."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  19. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    kanpakatkâati   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.taste.them!   
    Then he thought, "Let me taste them."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  20. xás    uxus    tîi    kanitníshukvi   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.look.out!   
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me look out!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  21. uknîi    pihnêefich    kahyúras    uxus    tîi    kanvâarami   
    once.upon.a.time    coyote    Klamath.Lakes    he.thought    let...    let.me.go   
    uknîi. Coyote thought, "Let me go to Klamath Lakes!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  22. xás    uxus    tîi    kanípuunvi   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.rest   
    And he thought, "Let me rest.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  23. tîi    naa    kúna    kan'árihishrih    paninipákurih   
    let...    1sg.    in.addition    let.me.sing    my.song   
    Let me sing my song now."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  24. tîi    kanpípaachun   
    let...    let.me.throw.off.again   
    Let me throw (the song) away."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  25. tîi    kanvasíhuunihi   
    let...    let.me.go.back.first!   
    Let me go down back first!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  26. tîi    kanixvâahuunihi   
    let...    let.me.go.down.head.first!   
    Let me go down head first!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  27. uxús    tîi    kankanmahvanáyviichvan   
    he.thinks    let...    let.me.look.around.for.fun   
    He thought, "Let me go look around, just for fun."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  28. xás    uxus    tîi    kanpútyiinkachi   
    then    he.thinks    let...    let.me.defecate.on.it   
    And he thought, "Let me defecate on it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  29. tîi    kanvínaxsunachi   
    let...    let.me.lick.it.a.little   
    Let me lick it off!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  30. tîi    kan'am   
    let...    let.me.eat.it   
    Let me eat it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  31. tîi    têeshich    vúra   
    let...    several    Intensive   
    Let (me eat) a little more!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  32. chémi    kúkuum    tîi    kan'am   
    all.right    again    let...    let.me.eat.it   
    "All right, let me eat it again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  33. tîi    matêe    áama    kan'am   
    let...    later    salmon    I.eat   
    Let me eat salmon for a moment!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  34. xás    uxús    tîi    káan    kanvunáyviichvan   
    then    he.thought    let...    there    let.me.go.wander.around.idly   
    And he thought, "Let me go look around there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  35. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    kanimúsan   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    I.go.look.for.her   
    And he thought, "Let me go see her!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  36. xás    uxús    tîi    kanimnîishi   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.cook.it!   
    Then he thought, "Let me cook it!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  37. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    kanmáhi    hûut    áta    pookupeekyâahitih   
    then    then    she.thought    let...    let.me.see    how    maybe    how.she.is.making.it   
    And she thought, "Let me see how she makes it!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  38. kári    xás    uxús    kachakâach    tîi    kantharampûuki   
    then    then    she.thought    bluejay    let...    let.me.cook.acorn.soup   
    Then Blue Jay thought, "Let me make acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  39. xás    kári    uxus    tîi    máruk    kanvâarami   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    uphill    let.me.go   
    And he thought, "Let me go uphill."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  40. tîi    kanimúsan   
    let...    let.me.go.see.it   
    Let me go look at it!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  41. kári    xás    pirishkâarim    upiip    tîi    kanikyaavárihvi   
    then    then    grizzly    she.said    let...    let.me.try   
    Then Grizzly said, "Let me try!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  42. kári    xás    patá    kunpíkyaar    pakuntáxraati    kári    xás    asmáax    tîi    kan'ífiki    pataxratêep   
    then    then    when    they.finished    that.they.were.attaching.arrowheads    then    then    towhee    let...    let.me.pick.it.up!    the.scraps   
    And when they finished attaching arrowheads, then Towhee thought, "Let me pick up the scraps".
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text
  43. xás    kári    pa'asiktávaan    kunxus    tîi    vaa    káan    nusôomvan   
    then    then    the.women    they.thought    let...    so    there    we.go.to.offer.in.marriage   
    And the women thought, "Let's go offer ourselves in marriage there!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  44. kári    xás    vírusur    uxus    tîi    naa    káru   
    then    then    bear    she.thought    let...    1sg.    also   
    And Bear thought, "Let me (go) too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  45. ithyarukpíhriiv    u'árihroov    uxus    tîi    káruk    kanvâarami   
    Across.the.Water.Widower    he.went.upriver    he.thought    let...    upriver    let.me.go!   
    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  46. xás    kunxús    nuu    káru    vaa    tîi    núkuuphi   
    then    they.thought    we    also    so    let...    let.us.do.it   
    And they thought, "Let us do that too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Lightning Strikes Trees" (WB_KL-44) | read full text
  47. kári    xás    uxus    ii    tîi    naa    káru    kan'ûupvan   
    then    then    she.thought    oh!    let...    1sg.    also    let.me.go.dig.roots!   
    And she thought, "Oh, let me go dig roots too!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  48. xás    uxús    tîi    kanvâarami   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.go.there   
    And he thought, "Let me go there!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  49. xás    uxus    tîi    kanpimúsanvunaa   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.go.to.see.them.again!   
    And he thought, "Let me go to see them again!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  50. ta'ítam    uxúsanik    peekpihantâapas    tîi    xákaan    núvuunvi   
    so    he.thought    the.strongest.one    let...    with.(one.person)    let.us.wrestle!   
    So the strongest one thought, "Let me wrestle with him!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  51. xás    uxus    tîi    ithyáruk    kanpimúsan    pa'ifápiit   
    then    he.thought    let...    across    let.me.go.to.see.her.again!    the.young.woman   
    He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  52. xás    uxus    tîi    kanimúsan   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.go.to.see!   
    And he thought, "Let me go see!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  53. xás    uxus    tîi    kanpikvátan    pananípaah   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.go.to.carry.it.back.on.my.shoulder!    my.boat   
    And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  54. 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
  55. xás    uxus    tîi    ithyáruk    patapríha'ifápiit    kanimúsan   
    then    he.thought    let...    across    patapríhak.young.woman    let.me.go.to.see.her!   
    And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  56. xás    uxús    tîi    máruk    chinach'ásak    kánpaathkirihi    paninisárum   
    then    she.thought    let...    uphill    at.Big.Rock    let.me.throw.into.water    my.pine-roots   
    And she thought, "Let me throw my pine-roots in the water, uphill at Big Rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  57. kári    xás    ithâan    ávansa    uxus    tîi    kanikrûuntih   
    then    then    once    man    he.thought    let...    let.me.wait!   
    And once a man thought, "Let me wait (for her)!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  58. kári    xás    upiip    tîi    kanítkaanvan   
    then    then    he.said    let...    let.me.go.spear.fish!   
    And he said, "Let me go spear fish!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  59. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    sáruk    kanvâarami    impaak   
    then    then    she.thought    let...    downhill    let.me.go    on.the.path   
    And she thought, "Let me go downhill on the path!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  60. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    kantharampûuki   
    then    then    she.thought    let...    let.me.cook.acorn.soup   
    And she thought, "Let me cook acorn soup!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  61. xás    upiip    tîi    kánpaatvan   
    then    he.said    let...    let.me.bathe   
    And he said, "Let me go bathe!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text