Ararahih'urípih
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ûum barely, hardly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6308 | revised Nov 11 2005

ûum • ADV • barely, hardly

Derivative (1)
uumyâach "just barely"

Source: WB 1485, p.391

Note: Vowel is not shortened in compound uumyâach 'just barely'.

  • víri ûum ni'áfishrih pastove top. I could barely reach the stove top. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 012]
  • xás víri ûum tavúra kunpiruvôonsip. Then they could hardly get up. [Reference: KT 154.25]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. xas    upíip    "pûuhara    ávansa    kípa    ûum    vúup    ucháfichtih   
    then    he.said    no    man    like    barely    neck    he.chews.it   
    But he answered, "No indeed! Men always chew the neck!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. viri    ûum    vúra    ni'á'ha   
    so    barely    how    I.get.up   
    I could scarcely get up.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. víri    ûum    vúra    kun'íipma    pamukunikrívraam   
    so    barely    Intensive    they.returned    the.their.house   
    They got home with difficulty.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. víri    ûum    tá    vúra    poo'íhivrik   
    so    barely    PERF    Intensive    she.answered   
    She could scarcely answer a question.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. poo'íifti    xás    vúra    vaa    kâarim    vúra    púfaat    pu'ûum    táay    vúra    púfaat   
    when.he.was.growing.up    then    Intensive    that    bad    Intensive    nothing    not.barely    much    Intensive    nothing   
    When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  6. naa    vúra    nîinamich    víri    ûum    vúra    ni'áfishrih    pastovetop   
    1sg.    Intensive    little    so    barely    Intensive    I.touch.it    the.stove.top   
    I was just little, I could barely reach the stove top.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  7. víri    ûum    vúra    panivúrayvutih   
    so    barely    Intensive    that.I.go.around   
    I can hardly get around.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. víri    ûum    tá    kuníshyaavha   
    so    barely    PERF    they.lived.through.winter   
    They barely lived through the winter.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text