Ararahih'urípih
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ipshûunkinach short, low

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2810 | revised Nov 07 2005

ipshûunkinach • ADJ • short, low Variant: ipshûunkinich.

Derivative (1)
ipshunkinayâach "sort of short"

Source: WB 667, p.348

  • ipshûunkinachas takunikpákpak. They cut them into short pieces. [Reference: TK 89.16]
  • ipshûunkinichhiruva pa'áhup. The stick was too short. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 019]

Sentence examples (21)

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  1. ipshûunkinichhiruva pa'áhup.
    But it was too short.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. pa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram, pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich.
    The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  3. pananu'átraax vúra uum ipshûunkinich.
    Our arms are too short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  4. naa ipshûunkinich, kúna pananitípa uum vâaram.
    My brother is taller than me. (I'm short, but my brother is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  5. pay uum ipshûunkinich. pay cup uum vâaram.
    That cup is smaller than this cup. (That cup is short. This cup is tall.)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. pay uum pananikafih'ásip ipshûunkinich.
    My coffee cup is short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  7. Kúnish ipshûunkinich pay.
    It (the net) is kind of short (to catch the frog).
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  8. mu'ífunih káru uum ipshûunkinich.
    Her hair is short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  9. ipshûunkinach pamu'ífunih.
    She has short hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  10. ipshûunkinach pamu'ífunih.
    She has short hair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  11. pa'ávansa ipshûunkunich.
    The man is short.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  12. pa'ávansa ipshûunkunich, arara'ávansa.
    The man is short, the Indian man.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  13. papúsihich uum vúra ipshûunkinich pamu'ápvuuy.
    The cat has a short tail.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  14. ipshûunkinich pamu'ápvuuy.
    It has a short tail.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  15. xás pamusípnuuk uum ipshûunkinich, kúna vúra tinihyâach, káan u'uuchnímach.
    And his storage basket was short, but it was sort of wide, it was squatting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  16. kúna vúra páykuuk yíiv áhoon, payôok xáyfaat i'áhoo, peempaheepshûunkinich, kâarim ikupheesh.
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  17. xás ithváaykam pachivchaksurúraam vúra ipshûunkinich pakáan kunvóonkurihvutih.
    And in front, there was a low door, where they went in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  18. pa'arareekrívraam uum pu'á'hinvahara, yakún pa'íivhar ipshûunkinichas.
    The Indian house was not high; you see, the boards were short.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  19. xás pa'íivhar uum ipshûunkinichas peekrívraam ukyâarahitih.
    And the boards were short that the house was made with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  20. xás pamuchivchákar káru uum ipshûunkinich.
    And their door was low too.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  21. patuyshipnee'ípanich vasárip vaa uum ipshûunkinichas káru úruhsas.
    The hazel twigs of the hilltop are short and stubby (lit., round).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text