Ararahih'urípih
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úma of doubtful meaning, perh. emphatic

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6231 | revised Jan 28 2016

úma • PCL • of doubtful meaning, perh. emphatic

Source: WB 1486, p.391; T3.60, T43.12

Note: No lengthening of /m/.

  • úma naa taay tanani'avansáxiichas. I've got lots of boys now! [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 165]
  • úma vaa ukúphanik, pámitva ithéeshyaav tuparíshriihva antunvêech. That's what he'd done, the whole previous winter he'd twined little strings. [Reference: WB T3.60]

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  1. úma    vúra    vaa    kunpakúriihvanaati    imfirayâak   
    emphatic(?)    Intensive    so    they.were.singing    in.the.hot.place   
    Just the same they kept on singing in the heat.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. úma    vaa    ukúphaanik    pámitva    ithéeshyav    uparíshriihva    antunvêech   
    emphatic(?)    so    he.did.it    when.previously    all.winter    he.twined.them    little.string   
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. púyava    xás    paaxíich    upêer    pamútaat    úma    kachakâach    vaa    ukupítih    kachakáach    uyveeshrîihvuti    paxuun   
    you.see    then    the.child    she.told.her    her.mother    emphatic(?)    bluejay    that    she.is.doing    bluejay    she.is.pouring.it.out    the.acorn.soup   
    So the child told its mother, "Blue Jay is doing that, Blue Jay is pouring the acorn soup down."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. xás    kári    áchkuun    upiip    úma    pamímvir    ikriróov    tóo    páx    pa'áama   
    then    then    swamp.robin    he.said    emphatic(?)    your.fishing.platform    fishing.spot.name    PERF    catch.(fish)    the.salmon   
    And Swamp Robin said, "They've caught the salmon at your fishery, Ikrirôov."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text