Ararahih'urípih
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hínupay surprisingly, unexpectedly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1384 | revised Oct 22 2014

hínupay • PCL • surprisingly, unexpectedly

Derivation:  hínupa pay
surprise this

Source: WB 381.1, p.334

Note: Equiv. to hínupa.

  • xás pihnêefich hínupay uum súrukam tóokpuuhka. Then Coyote swam over there under him. [Reference: KS Crane 011]
  • hinupáy uum upíkshaayvuti, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara. There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman. [Reference: WB 11: Coyote as Doctor 027]

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  1. kári xás hinupáy uvíshtaanti sunyithih'ásar.
    Because he liked chestnut mush.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. hínupay tóo kfúukiraa pakeechxâach.
    And he caught hold of the shave-head (widow).
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. hínupay kúkuum úuth tá kunpáathkar kúkuum.
    And then they threw the Coyote into the river again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. hinupáy pamu'afupchúrax poo'iinkútih.
    There it was his anus burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. hínu páy uum upíkshaayvutih, putáktahara, pu'araraxus'úmaanhara.
    There he was lying, he wasn't a doctor, he wasn't a shaman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  8. hínu páy ikreemyaha'úru póopeenti " iktûunihi."
    There it was eggs of the wind that she told him to take down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  9. hínu páy chí kunchúphiichveesh.
    There they were going to chat.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  10. púyava hínu páy uum vírusur, víri vaa kumá'ii pátaay úmkaanvutih.
    So there she was a bear, that's why she gathered (so) much.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  11. hínu páy kunimuskíranik, poopvakirîihvutih.
    They had admired him, when he was dancing in front.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  12. hínu páy vúra if.
    Sure enough, it was true.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text