Ararahih'urípih
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xusêer / xúseen- to think (a certain way) about (a person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6947 | revised Feb 08 2016

xusêer / xúseen- • V • to think (a certain way) about (a person)

Derivation:  xus-eer
think--eer

Source: WB 1638.2, p.399

  • uthíshiip ixúseentihap kíri ivâaram. He wants you to go to San Francisco. (lit. 'San Francisco he-thinks-about-you you-go!) [Reference: KV]
  • îifiti kunxusêer pihnîichich. Then they thought he was an old man. [Reference: KM 25.3]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. kári    xás    upíip    kach-kach-kach-kach    xás    áak    chanchaaksúrak    u'árihrupuk   
    then    think.about    he.said    kach-kach-kach-kach    then    in.the.fire    roof-hatch    he.rushed.outdoors   
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. îifiti    kunxusêer    pihnîichich   
    sure.enough    they.think.about    old.man   
    Then they thought it was an old man.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. kíri    kanaxusêer    puthitíimtihara   
    I.wish    they.think.about.me    he.does.not.hear   
    "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  4. uum    vúra    kunxúseentihanik    kíri    hûuk    u'uum    vúra    kunvîihanik   
    3.SG    Intensive    they.had.been.thinking    I.wish    to.where    he.go.    Intensive    they.disliked.him   
    They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    upiip    uum    vúra    vaa    páy    arara'îin    kunxúseentih    kíri    âapun    úyruuhriv   
    then    then    she.said    3.SG    Intensive    so    this    somebody    they.are.thinking    I.wish    on.the.ground    she.lies   
    Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  6. xás    kúkuum    vúra    voopiip    uum    vúra    arara'îin    kunxúseentih   
    then    again    Intensive    thus.she.said    3.SG    Intensive    somebody    they.are.thinking.it   
    Then she said: "Somebody is making it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  7. chiimuuch'îin    kunxúseeranik    kíri    vaa    ukúupha    pufáat    vúra    yávheeshara   
    Lizard    he.thought.it.about.him    I.wish    so    he.does.it    nothing    Intensive    will.not.be.good   
    Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. ayu'âach    kanaxúseenti    kâanimich   
    it.was.because    they.were.thinking.that.about.me    poor   
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text