Ararahih'urípih
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hínupa indicates something surprising or unexpected

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1383 | revised May 25 2005

hínupa PCL • indicates something surprising or unexpected

Derivative (1)
hínupay "surprisingly, unexpectedly"

Source: WB 381.1, p.334

Note: No lengthening of -n-. Equiv. to hínupay.

  • káruma naa hínupa kich. So I am the one (showing that he did not know this before). [Reference: JPH ethno ?:200]
  • xás uxúti, tîi matêe kóomahich kan'ífapvi paxathímtas, hínupa chími u'ífapveesh. And (Coyote) thought, "I'm going to pick up a few of the roasted grasshoppers," and he started to pick them up. [Reference: WB T3.35]


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  1. hínupa yee u'apunkôoti pamahnûuvanach.
    That one kept poisoning Chipmunk.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  2. kári xás hinupáy uvíshtaanti sunyithih'ásar.
    Because he liked chestnut mush.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text
  3. hínupa tá kuníhmaruk.
    They were the ones that were following him (they were already on the roof).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  4. hínupa vúra uum vaa tóo pthívruhvarak.
    He floated down the river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. hínupa pihnêefich áxak vúra axiich tóo kyéehinaa.
    The Coyote had made two babies for them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  6. hínupay tóo kfúukiraa pakeechxâach.
    And he caught hold of the shave-head (widow).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  7. hínupay kúkuum úuth tá kunpáathkar kúkuum.
    And then they threw the Coyote into the river again.
    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. kúna úum pahôotah yâak nu'ípakahaak, hínupa tapu'ára íinara.
    If we came back late to the good place, humankind would not exist.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  9. " hínupa uum u'iimníhvutih."
    [Then the woman said] “He was in love [was staying away with a girl].”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  10. hínupa chími u'ífapveesh.
    He was going to pick them up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  11. hinupáy pamu'afupchúrax poo'iinkútih.
    There it was his anus burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás kári ta'ítam " chími kankúniihki," hínupa páy tóo kfíripriv.
    And then (he said), "Let me shoot (one)," but he missed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. hínupa áfup kunpávyiihrishukti poo'áamtih.
    There they were coming out of his buttocks as he ate.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  15. ta'ítam " yée naa hínupa páy uum vúra pihnêefich payûum uthívtaaptih.
    So (they said), "Well, that's Coyote who is dancing downriver!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  16. hínupa ípat.
    They were does.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  17. xás hínupa páy ára tu'íinish.
    And there Mankind came into existence.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  18. hínu páy uum upíkshaayvutih, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara.
    There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  19. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  20. káan hínupa áama kun'áamtih."
    They're eating salmon there!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  21. kári xás kunpiip, " tá hínupa utáayvaar papihnêefich.
    And they said, "There Coyote has spoiled it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  22. hínu páy ikreemyaha'úru póopeenti " iktûunihi."
    There it was eggs of the wind that she told him to take down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  23. xás úxrar papihnîich, hínupa mú'aramah.
    And the old man cried, it was his child.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  24. víri póo'av, hínupa vúra tutháfip, xás ífuth xás úpxuuspa.
    When he ate it, he devoured it (all), and (only) afterwards did he realize it.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  25. hínupa vúra kin'áhachakutih.
    He's holding out on us.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  26. hínupa ník tu'áharamunaa.
    He was following them.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  27. hínupa vúra uum u'apunkôonaatih, kachakâach uum u'apunkôonaatih.
    There she was bewitching them, Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  28. hínupa uum kachakáach u'apunkôonaatih.
    There Blue Jay herself was bewitching them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text
  29. hínupa akvíishich hôoyva pufích'anamahach tóo pêethuk.
    There Wildcat had brought a little deer from somewhere.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  30. hínupa papirishkâarim poo'arihvárakvutih.
    There it was Grizzly Bear that was coming down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  31. hínu páy chí kunchúphiichveesh.
    There they were going to chat.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  32. chavúra kun'áapunma, hínupa êeth, hínupa uxúti, " tá taay, kíri pácheech ni'av."
    Finally they found out, there it was Slug, there he thought, "There's a lot, let me eat it by myself!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  33. púyava hínu páy uum vírusur, víri vaa kumá'ii pátaay úmkaanvutih.
    So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text
  34. kári xás hínupa chantírih.
    And there it was Tick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  35. hínupa chantirih'îin sú' patá kunvôonkurih, vaa kúth pookpaksúrooti pamúsiish.
    There it was Tick that crawled into him, that's why he cut off his penis.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  36. kári xás kunpiip, " vaa páy hínupa uum pookupítiheesh."
    And they said, "That's the way (Mankind) will do it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text
  37. hínu páy kunimuskíranik, poopvakirîihvutih.
    They had admired him, when he was dancing in front.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  38. hínupa achvuun.
    There it was dog salmon.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  39. hínu páy vúra if.
    Sure enough, it was true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  40. hínupa vaa káan utnûuprihti yítha pa'apurúvaan.
    There was a certain devil peeking through there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  41. hínupa yúpyaach tu'ákithtir.
    There she threw it smack in his eye.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  42. hínupa páy uum vaa ukupavêenahiti atahári.
    There (the doctor) was doing that mischief all the time.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text