Ararahih'urípih
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túuyship / tuyshipriha- mountain; hill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6162 | revised Nov 13 2015

túuyship / tuyshipriha- • N • mountain; hill

Derivation:  tuuy-sip
mound-up

Derivatives (5)
ikxariyátuuyship "Offield Mountain"
túuyship_mukinínaasich "by-name for 'deer'"
túuyship_mu'aramahéeshiip "by-name for púufich 'deer'"
tuyship'ípanich "mountain-top"
vuraarámtuuyship "name of a mountain back of Happy Camp"

Source: WB 1411, p.388

Note: The alternant tuyshipriha-, or its contracted form tuyshipree-, occurs in combinations like tuyshipree'ípan top of the mountain'.

  • kári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii. And a big mountain stood there. [Reference: WB T5.90]
  • xás yáas máruk tuyshípreek kunívyiihma. And then they went up on the mountain. [Reference: WB T88.7]

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  1. kári    xás    vaa    káan    tuyshipréekaam    úkrii   
    then    then    so    there    big.mountain    it.sat   
    And a big mountain sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. vaa    káan    ávansa    úkrii    páykuuk    yíiv    úkrii    patuyshipriha'ápapkam   
    that    there    man    he.lives    over.there    far    he.lives    on.the.other.side.of.the.mountain   
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  3. xás    pa'avansáxiich    uum    máruk    túuyship    kunithvíripuraa   
    then    the.boys    3.SG    uphill    mountain    they.ran.uphill   
    And the boys ran up the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. tá    kunkíxa    patúuyship   
    PERF    they.burned.brush    the.mountain   
    (Previously) they burned brush on the mountain (i.e., Mount Offield).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  5. áraar    patúuyship   
    human    the.mountain   
    The mountain is a person.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  6. xás    yáas    máruk    tuyshípreek    kunívyiihma   
    then    then    uphill    on.the.mountain    they.went   
    And then they went up on the mountain.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  7. túuyship    uvêehrimva    xás    utíshraamhitih    musúrukam   
    mountain    it.is.standing    then    it.is.a.valley    underneath.them   
    Mountains are standing, and a valley is below them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text