Ararahih'urípih
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thaam meadow, marshy place

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5840 | revised Dec 29 2015

thaam • N • meadow, marshy place

Derivatives (9)
apxantiichampínishich "tea"
chamkáatich "mugwort (dimin.)"
chamkatunvêechas "young mugwort"
champínishich "yerba buena"
thámkaat "a plant, mountain pennyroyal, "peppermint""
uhcháamach "man's name, Pete Henry"
úhthaam "garden"
uhtháamha "to plant"
uhthamha'ávaha "vegetables"

Source: WB 1418, p.388

Sentence examples (15)

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  1. payêem vúra vaa káan taay u'íifti, pakáan píins kun'úhthaamhitihirak.
    They grow more now where beans are planted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Of All Karuk plants the Black Nightshade is Most Like Tobacco, the Whites Tell Us (JPH_TKIC-III.3) | read full text

  2. vúra pu'uhthaamhítihap.
    They do not sow it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  3. peheeraha'úhthaamsa
    Tobacco Plots
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. úhthaam
    any garden, orchard, or plantation; a tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  5. uhtháamha
    to plant, to sow
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  6. iheeraha'úhthaam
    tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  7. iheeraha'uhthamhíram
    tobacco garden
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  8. pámitva iheeraha'uhthamhíramhanik
    former tobacco plot
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  9. pa'uhípih
    Stalk
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  10. purafâat vúra káru kuma'úhish utháamhítihaphanik, vúra iheeraha'úhish vúra kích kuniyâatihanik.
    And they never sowed any kinds of seeds, they operated only with the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  11. vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik káru, vaa uum yáv papírish ávahkam kunithyúruthunatihaak patá kunpúhthaampimarahaak.
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  12. kusâam panunu'úhthaam.
    Our garden is down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  13. káan tishrámkaam, xás úhthaamhitih, káru ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya.
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  14. utishramhúniihva káru máruk, víri vaa káan káru uhthaamhíramhitih.
    There are fields on the slopes uphill also, there is cultivated ground there too.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  15. páy uum úhthaam, koonmúrax.
    This is a garden, nothing but corn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text