Ararahih'urípih
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îim outdoors; door leading out of living house

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1657 | revised Oct 31 2014

îim • N • outdoors; door leading out of living house

Source: WB 394.1, p.334; JPH ethno ?:190

Note: No glottalization of vowel.

  • xás poopámvaar xás îim upikrîish. And when he finished eating, then he sat down outside. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 026]
  • îifiti chími axmáy îim úxak. Then sure enough all at once he heard a noise outside. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 020]

Sentence examples (10)


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  1. xás yítha îim uvôonupuk.
    Then one went outside the house.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. xás îim utáchyuunnupukanik.
    Then he threw him outdoors.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. xás úpeenti " îim ôok keemisha'îin i'áveeshap."
    And he told (the person sweating), "A monster outside here is going to eat you."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. xás axmáy îim kunihmárish.
    And suddenly they stopped running outside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. kári xás upiip " chími îim kíivyiihrupuki.
    And he said, "You go outside!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam îim tá kuniyviihrupuk.
    So they went outdoors.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. púyava tóo yfúutrupuk pavírusar, îim tuvôonupuk.
    Then he pushed the bear outside, he came out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  8. púyava pa'îim ikrêen púyava tóo ykar pavírusar.
    And the one who stayed outside killed the bear.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  9. púxay vúra ihyáriheeshara patá îim kúuk tá kun'úumahaak, xás vúra tá kunvôonupuk.
    They didn't stand up when they went outside, they just crawled out.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  10. púyava patukôohaak púyava kári pa'ánav îim tá kunpiyvêesh.
    When he was finished, they poured the medicine on the ground, outdoors.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text