Ararahih'urípih
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íish meat, flesh, body

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1696 | revised Aug 07 2015

íish • N • meat, flesh, body

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Source: WB 690, p.350

  • vaa vúra koovúra toopmahóonkoon ithá'iish vúra. He feels good all over his body. [Reference: TK 195.5]

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  1. kári xás pa'ishmúnaxich íithva nikyâaheen.
    Then I made a pack of only meat.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. pa'íish ôokmas páy yítha utháaniv.
    The meat was lying all around.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. hãã vúrava ishimfirákuupha vaa.
    Yes, (it was) a big happening.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. payêem uum xúrish kana'ákihi."
    Give me acorns."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. xúrish kun'ákih itha'átiv.
    They gave her a whole packbasket full of acorns.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  6. pa'áraaras kúnish koovúra pa'ishímfir kuma'áraaras.
    Those guys are all tough guys.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  7. Kári iish upáatvutih pa'axiich.
    And the child is taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  8. Xás iish tá kunpáatva.
    And they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  9. Xás payêem iish tá kunpáatva.
    And now they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  10. naa vúra ishímfir.
    I am really tough.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-27) | read full text
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  11. íim káru ishímfir.
    You are tough, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  12. naa vúra ishímfir íim káru ishímfir.
    I am tough and you are tough, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  13. uum vaa ishímfir.
    She is tough.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  14. íim káru ishímfir.
    You are tough, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  15. fâat ivíshtaantih, musmús'iish káru nakísh'iish?
    What do you want, beef or pork?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  16. naa musmús'iish nivíshtáantih.
    I like beef.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  17. xás kári vaa vúra kích káan u'iishhíti vuutrava'áfiv.
    And there was still meat there in his testicles.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  18. kári xás vaa u'áv káan pá'iish.
    And so he ate the meat there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  19. xás íishkar upihyárihish.
    And he stood naked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  20. xás âanxus upíip " naa ník káru ishímfir."
    And Weasel said, "I'm tough too."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  21. kári xás uum káru ishímfir, âanaxus.
    And Weasel was tough, too.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  22. xás tóo piip " axichapipúniishich."
    He would say, "Little children-tail."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  23. kúkuum vúra tu'ípak, vaa tóo piip " axichapipúniishich."
    The next time he returned, he would say, "Little children-tail."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  24. kári xás yiimúsich vúra ukpêehva " axichapipúniishich."
    Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  25. kúkuum tá kunpíshavsip xúrish, athithxuntápan, úus, koovúra kuma'ávaha.
    They would pay her fee repeatedly with shelled acorns, hazel nuts, pine nuts, all kinds of food.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-28) | read full text

  26. xás umnishkírihva pá'iish.
    And she cooked the (deer's) meat.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  27. xás uhyûunish pamú'arama " chéemyaach árihrupuki tóo mtup pamú'iish, chimi nu'am."
    And she shouted to her child, "Jump out quickly, her meat is cooked, let's eat!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  28. xás úmuusti pamu'iish.
    Then he looked at his body.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  29. xás uxúti ikmahachram'íshiip veekxaréeyav, uxús " naa vúra naní'iish 1 pu'axvíthinheeshara."
    And Sacred Sweathouse Spirit thought, he thought, "My body will not become unclean."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  30. yukún uum káru ishímfir, asaxêevar veekxaréeyav.
    You see, Baldy Peak Spirit was tough too.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  31. pamú'iish uum tá púfaat, utheekvárahitih.
    His flesh was all gone by now, he was like a skeleton.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  32. vaa u'íifti pamú'iish.
    Thus his flesh grew.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  33. kánpaatishrihi káakum paxúrish.
    Let me load up some of the shelled acorns!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  34. chími iim ôok vúra ikrii ikrûuntihi paxúrish."
    You stay here, wait for the (rest of the) shelled acorns!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  35. paxúrish tóo krav, páykuuk ása múuk.
    They ground the shelled acorns with that stone over there (pointing to a pestle).
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  36. xás tuthántap paxúrish.
    And they sifted the shelled acorns.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  37. xás yáas paxúrish tá kuniyvôoraa.
    Then they put the acorn meats up (to dry).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  38. paxúrish tá kuníkrav.
    They ground the acorn meats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  39. púyava yáas níkraamtih paxúrish.
    Then I pounded the acorn meats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text