Ararahih'urípih
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tátuy- to sweep

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5752 | revised Nov 17 2014

tátuy- • V • to sweep

Derivatives (5)
tátuyship "to sweep up"
tátuyshur "to sweep off"
tátuyshurar "broom"
tatuytátuy "sweep over"
tátuyish "sweep"

Source: WB 1340, p.384

Note: Bound stem, used with derivational affixes.

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. xas îikam kích vúra pakuntátuyshur.
    Then they swept the outside platform nicely.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. tá nitátuyshuru.
    I am sweeping the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  3. nitátuyshureesh.
    I am going to sweep the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  4. nitátuyshureesh pa'îirish.
    I am going to sweep the floor.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  5. oh vúra utátuyishrihti vaa vúra páy paporch.
    Oh, she finished sweeping the porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. káru pootátuyishrihat koovúra paporch.
    And she swept the whole porch.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. vúra uum chêech tutátuyish.
    She is sweeping it fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. chêech tutátuyishrih paporch.
    She is sweeping the porch fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. vúra chêech tutátuyishrih paporch.
    She is sweeping the porch fast.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  10. kári xás kúkuum vúra vaa tóo kuupha, tutátuyshiprimtih, xás tóo yvêesh paxuun.
    So she did that way again, she swept up, then she poured the acorn soup down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text