Ararahih'urípih
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yith other, different

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7096 | revised Feb 14 2016

yith DET • other, different

Derivatives (8)
ith'ára "someone else"
yichkúnish "funny-looking"
yíthuk "elsewhere, in a different place"
yíthukam "on the other side"
yithukánva "at different places; separately"
yíthumas "each in turn"
yithumásva "each one in turn"
yithúva "various"

Source: WB 1678, p.401

  • yíth kumeekrívraam another house [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 152]
  • tâak yíth kuna. Give me another one. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 394]
  • pukúkuum vaa káan yíth piiftíhara. Another one never grows back. [Reference: TK 65.24]


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  1. yíth    kúna        nikyâasip    tuupichasyâach   
    other    in.addition    PERF    you.start.it    really.small.ones   
    I start another one, with smaller sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. káru    uum    yíth    kunkupeekyâahitih   
    also    3.SG    other    how.they.made.it   
    They make a different kind for that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  3. káru    papufich'imváram    uum    yith   
    also    the.deermeat.plate    3.SG    other   
    And the deermeat plate is different.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. vaa    payíth    kôok    kuníhruuvtihanik    patákiram   
    so    a.different    kind    they.used.to.use    the.soaking.basket   
    They used to use a different kind of soaking basket.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. nuu    vúra    yith    va'áraar    yith    kuma'áraaras   
    we    Intensive    other    its.people    other    kind.of.people   
    We're different people, a different kind of people,
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. xás    yíth    upíip    áthiik    tuvîish    chími    nuptaamáaxi   
    then    other    he.said    cold    it.is    soon    let's.stir.up.the.fire   
    Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  7. xás    axmáy    vúra    kúnish    ukéen    xás    yíth    upíip    atafâat    pihnêefich    ããx    atafâat    pihnêefich   
    then    suddenly    Intensive    sort.of    it.moved    then    other    she.said    maybe    coyote    ugh!    maybe    coyote   
    Then all at once it kind of moved, and one said: "Maybe it's Coyote. Oh, maybe it's Coyote."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  8. ishyâat    úpaanik    yaas'ára    vúra    u'aapúnmutiheesh    yakun    pa'îin    yíth    ukupeexákahitiheesh    patá    nipikrêehaak    nani'îin   
    king.salmon    long.ago.he.said    rich.person    Intensive    he.will.know    you.see    the.falls    other    it.will.make.noise.that.way    that.has    when.I.reside.again    my.falls   
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  9. chavúra    pâanpay    chím    axmay    yíth    ukúha   
    finally    after.while    soon    suddenly    other    she/he.got.sick   
    Then all at once one of the people got sick.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  10. yíth    kúna    u'árihish   
    other    in.addition    she.started.to.sing   
    Then she sang another song.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  11. kúna    vaa    vúra    ník    kun'áapunmutihanik    pamukunvôoh    muuk    vaa    káan    taay    u'íifti    pakáan    hitíhaan    kun'ûupvutihaak    patá    yíth    vaa    káan    yáanchiip    taay    u'íifti    yíth    pakáan    kun'uupvutihaak   
    there    so    Intensive    a.little    they.knew.it.long.ago    with.their.digging.sticks    with.(by.means.of)    that    there    much    it.is.growing    there    always    when.they.are.digging.it    that.has    other    so    there    next.year    much    it.is.growing    other    there    when.they.are.digging.it   
    But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text
  12. xás    yíth    upíip    atafâat naa    pihnêefich   
    then    other    she.said    maybe    coyote   
    And another said, "Maybe it's Coyote.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás    kúkuum    vúra    yíth    ukúniihka   
    then    again    Intensive    other    he.shot.at.it   
    And he shot at another one.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. kári    xás    uxus    tîi    yíth    kanpíkyav    pananíshaanva   
    then    then    he.thought    let...    other    let.me.make.it.again!    my.clothing   
    And he thought, "Let me get a different suit of clothes."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  15. kúkuum    vúra    yíth    ukúniihka   
    again    Intensive    other    he.shot.at.it   
    Again he shot at another.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  16. xás    upíip    chími    yíth    kanpárihish   
    then    he.said    soon    other    let.me.become.it!   
    And he said, "Let me turn into someone else!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  17. kári    xás    yíth    upárihish   
    then    then    other    he.sang.again   
    Then he sang a different one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  18. yakún    yíth    áraar    u'iiníshriheesh   
    you.see    other    human    it.will.come.into.existence   
    A different people is going to come into existence."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  19. yakún    yíth    ára    tu'íinish   
    you.see    other    person    it.was.coming.into.existence   
    A different people was coming into existence.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  20. peekmaháchraam    uum    yíth    ukupeekyâahiti    káru    peekrívraam    uum    vúra    yith   
    the.sweathouse    3.SG    other    it.was.made.in.some.way    also    the.living-house    3.SG    Intensive    other   
    The sweathouse was made one way and the living-house another.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text