Ararahih'urípih
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tas to build a fence

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5709 | revised Dec 27 2015

tas • V • to build a fence

Derivatives (7)
simsímtas "wire fence"
táaspath "to fence around"
tas "a fence"
tasachivchaksurúraam "gate"
tásarariv "to fence in"
tasáxpih "wedge"
tásunih "to be a vertical barrier"

Source: WB 1326, p.384

  • utásahiti. It's fenced. (essive) [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. áhup mûuk nikyáakoopa patas.
    I made a fence with wood.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  2. tá nipikyâar patas.
    I have finished the fence.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  3. vaa káan tas káru.
    That is a fence there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  4. îikam patas.
    The fence is outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  5. hôoy uum patasákaam?
    Where is the big fence?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  6. yukún yíiv á' utásunihtihanik pa'íin.
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  7. papanamnihimthatváram uum vaa káan ukyâasipreehiti paGeorgia mutasa'îikukam, xás yúruk paxánthiip u'iihyírak u'ípanhitih.
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  8. páy uum pichas'ípaha uvêehrimva, xás simsímtas utaaspáthahitih.
    These peach trees are standing, and there is a wire fence around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text