Ararahih'urípih
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yúup eye

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7239 | revised Feb 17 2016

yúup • N • eye

Derivatives (32; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1698, p.403; JPH ani 06:505

  • asmáax yúp'aaxkunish. Towhee has red eyes. [Reference: WB T36.1]
  • hínupa yúpyaach tu'ákithtir. There she threw it smack in his eye. [Reference: WB T63.12]

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  1. apapíichyuup   
    one.little.eye   
    (I'll just open) one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    kári    uxus    tîi    kányuuphi    apapíichyuupich   
    then    then    then    he.thinks    let...    I.open.my.eyes    little.eye.on.one.side   
    And (Coyote) thought, "Let me open my eyes, just one little eye."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  3. xás    upíip    amtápar    vúra    kan'árihish    xás    paniníyuup    ámtaap    kamixyan   
    then    he.said    ashy    Intensive    let.me.become.it!    then    my.eyes    dust    let.it.become.full.of.it!   
    And he said, "Let me become covered with ashes, and let my eyes become full of ashes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  4. paasmáax    yúp'aaxkunish   
    Towhee    red.eyes   
    Towhee has red eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  5. púyava    kumá'ii    pamúyuup    aaxkúnish    poomchaaxrípaanik   
    you.see    because.of    his.eyes    red    because.it.(the.heat).came.out   
    So for that reason his eyes are red from the heat that came out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  6. káru    imáheesh    áxak    yuup    úthyiimvarayveesh   
    also    you.will.see.them    two    eye    it.will.be.floating.around   
    And you will see two eyes float around.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  7. yáxa    chími    pamíyuup   
    look!    soon    your.eyes   
    "Look, let me (fix) your eyes."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  8. kóova    uthvuyxâaha    pamúyuup    axváha    mûuk    kuniptáxvah   
    so    she.grieved.for.him    her.eyes    pitch    with.(by.means.of)    they.sealed.them.up   
    She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  9. xás    upíip    chími    pananíyuup    nupíkyav   
    then    she.said    soon    my.eyes    we.fix.them   
    And she said, "Let's fix my eyes!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  10. ta'ítam    kunpikyâaheen    pamúyuup   
    so    they.fixed.them    her.eyes   
    So they fixed her eyes.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  11. hínupa    yúpyaach    tu'ákithtir   
    surprise    his.very.eye    she.hit.it.(by.throwing.a.soft.mass)   
    There she threw it smack in his eye.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text