Ararahih'urípih
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úhish seed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6196 | revised Jan 22 2016

úhish • N • seed

Derivation:  úuh-ish
tobacco-DIM

Derivatives (5)
anach'úhish "mistletoe "
sak'us'úhish "plant sp., lovage"
uhíchanach "a plant"
úhishha "to go to seed"
xuparish'úhish "yew berries"

Source: WB 1480.2, p.390; TK 58.20

  • vaa uum pa'úhish yuxsúruk uvrárakuriheesh. That way the seeds will go in under the ground. [Reference: TK 85.36]

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. pa'úhish   
    the.seed   
    Seed
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  2. úhish   
    seed   
    seed
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  3. iheeraha'úhish   
    tobacco.seeds   
    tobacco seeds
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  4. iheeraha'uhishíkyav   
    tobacco.seeds.that.are.being.fixed   
    tobacco seeds that they are fixing
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  5. nuu    vúra    pakuma'áraaras    vúra    pufâat    úhish    ipsháruktihaphanik    xáat    máruk    kunifyúkutihanik   
    we    Intensive    the.kind.of.people    Intensive    nothing    seed    they.had.been.bringing.it.long.ago    may    uphill    they.had.been.going.around.long.ago   
    Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  6. kúna    vúra    vaa    kun'aapúnmutihanik    pa'áraar    hôoy    vúrava    pa'úhish    pookyívishrihaak    vaa    vúra    íkiich    u'ífeesh    kun'aapúnmutihanik    vúra    vaa   
    in.addition    Intensive    so    they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago    the.people    where    just    the.seed    if.it.falls.down    so    Intensive    maybe    it.will.grow    they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago    Intensive    that   
    But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  7. kun'aapúnmutihanik    vúra    ník    pa'úhish    ník    vúra    kunsánpiithvutihanik    pakookâachas   
    they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago    Intensive    a.little    that.seed    a.little    Intensive    they.were.carrying.them.around.long.ago    the.various.ways   
    They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  8. kúna    vúra    mít    puhári    úhish    ipshâanmutihaphat    pa'úhish    u'ífeesh   
    in.addition    Intensive    near.past    never    seed    they.took.them.back    that.seed    it.will.grow   
    But They Never Packed Seeds Home
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  9. purafâat    vúra    káru    kuma'úhish    utháamhítihaphanik    vúra    iheeraha'úhish    vúra    kích    kuniyâatihanik   
    nothing    Intensive    also    kind.of.seed    they.were.not.planting.it.long.ago    Intensive    tobacco.seed    Intensive    only    they.were.gathering.it.long.ago   
    And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  10. purafâat    vúra    káru    kuma'úhish    iinâak    táayhitihanik    vúra    ihêeraha    kích    iheeraha'úhish    vúra    kich   
    nothing    Intensive    also    kind.of.seed    indoors    have.been.many.long.ago    Intensive    tobacco    only    tobacco.seed    Intensive    only   
    And they never had any kind of seeds stored in the houses, only the tobacco, the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text