Ararahih'urípih
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tîimich the very edge

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6047 | revised Nov 03 2015

tîimich • N • the very edge

Derivation:  tíim-ich
edge-DIM

Derivatives (2)
astîimich "a placename"
uchkamtîimich "placename near Katimin"

Source: WB 1377, p.386

Note: Alt. -tiimich occurs in some compounds. Sometimes contracted to -tîich at the end of compounds, e.g. ifuchtîimich or ifuchtîich 'last'.

  • xás ukpíihti pamusápik mûuk, pa'ahinámtiimich. And then she keeps poking with her poker-stick by the fireplace. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 058]
  • maruk'áraar vaa káan uknámtiimich úkrii. A giant lives there at the edge of the lake. [Reference: WB T55.3]

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  1. kári    xás    uum    u'áasish    ahinámtiimich   
    then    then    3.SG    she.went.to.bed    the.very.edge.of.the.fireplace   
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    ahinámtiich    vúra    ukrêenik    amtápnihich   
    then    then    edge.of.the.fireplace    Intensive    he.sat    ashy.place   
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    kunpiip    maruk'áraar    vaa    káan    úknamtiimich    úkrii   
    then    then    they.said    uphill.person    so    there    edge.of.the.lake    he.is.staying   
    And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  4. káruma    tu'íchunva    pa'ávansa    impáhtiimich   
    in.fact    he.had.hidden.himself    the.man    the.edge.of.the.path   
    The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text

  5. xás    píshiip    uum    ishahátiimich    tá    kun'íripkuri    su'vári    vúra   
    then    first    3.SG    edge.of.water    PERF    they.dig.a.hole    deep    Intensive   
    And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text