Ararahih'urípih
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túupich two bits, 25 cents

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6155 | revised Nov 17 2014

túupich • N • two bits, 25 cents

Derivatives (3)
iptûupichaspa "to be small ones"
tupichasámahich "a little at a time"
tûupichas "small ones, little ones"

Source: JPH mat ?:765

Note: From English. WB gives túpich.

Sentence examples (10)

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  1. karu kâakum kumatupichas-háyaachas xakinivki'itráhyar chávura nimma koovura.
    Then there were a lot of smaller ones, so that in the end I had seventy dollars in all.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. patûupichas uum ihrôovish.
    You can use the little ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  3. yíth kúna tá nikyâasip, tuupichasyâach.
    I start another one, with smaller sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. chavúra tá pâanpay pamutiiv kúnish tatûupichas, too mxurukúvraan pamutiiv, tóo mtaránkoo.
    Then after a while his ears seemed to be small, his ears melted down, he was sweltering.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  5. vúra tatûupichas pamutiiv, too mxurukúvraan peemfíramuuk.
    They were little, his ears, they were melted with the heat.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  6. taay tûupichas u'íifti sú', vaa mupîimachich patayîith.
    There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  7. víri vaa kumá'ii koovúra patûupichas pamusxíchak.
    So that's why they all have small waists.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. xás u'ixaxáxax vúra tûupichas.
    And he tore them into little pieces.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. yuxtháran uum tûupichas utapakpákahitih.
    The abalone shell was chopped up small.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text

  10. hâari tírihshas káru hâari vúra tûupichas kuynákmahich poosasipúniihva.
    Sometimes they were wide and sometimes they were narrow, and sometimes they were each (composed of) three little ones running down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text