Ararahih'urípih
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úhish seed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6196 | revised Jan 22 2016

úhish • N • seed

Derivation:  úuh-ish
tobacco-DIM

Derivatives (5)
anach'úhish "mistletoe "
sak'us'úhish "plant sp., lovage"
uhíchanach "a plant"
úhishha "to go to seed"
xuparish'úhish "yew berries"

Source: WB 1480.2, p.390; TK 58.20

  • vaa uum pa'úhish yuxsúruk uvrárakuriheesh. That way the seeds will go in under the ground. [Reference: TK 85.36]

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. pa'úhish
    Seed
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  2. úhish
    seed
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  3. iheeraha'úhish
    tobacco seeds
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  4. iheeraha'uhishíkyav
    tobacco seeds that they are fixing
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  5. nuu vúra pakuma'áraaras vúra pufâat úhish ipsháruktihaphanik, xáat máruk kunifyúkutihanik.
    Our kind of people never used to pack seed home, I do not care if they had been going around upslope.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  6. kúna vúra vaa kun'aapúnmutihanik pa'áraar, hôoy vúrava pa'úhish pookyívishrihaak, vaa vúra íkiich u'ífeesh, kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra vaa.
    But the people knew, that if a seed drops any place, it will maybe grow up; they knew that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  7. kun'aapúnmutihanik vúra ník pa'úhish ník vúra kunsánpiithvutihanik pakookâachas.
    They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  8. kúna vúra mít puhári úhish ipshâanmutihaphat pa'úhish u'ífeesh
    But They Never Packed Seeds Home
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text

  9. 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

  10. purafâat vúra káru kuma'úhish iinâak táayhitihanik, vúra ihêeraha kích, iheeraha'úhish vúra kich.
    And they never had any kind of seeds stored in the houses, only the tobacco, the tobacco seeds.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, But They Never Packed Seeds Home (JPH_TKIC-IV.4) | read full text