Ararahih'urípih
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imnish to cook

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2465 | revised Dec 17 2014

imnish • V • to cook

Derivatives (10)
aséemniishnamich "stone dish (dimin.)"
imníishkirih "to broil, to cook over a fire (as contrasted with stone-boiling)"
imníishram "baking stone (heated for cooking acorn bread); stone tray"
imníshar "to cook with"
imníshfip "to cook completely"
imníshkirihva "to cook meat"
imnishnám'anamahach "stone for cooking (?)"
imnishnam'apvuyhánach "grease tray with a handle"
imnishram'ápvuuy "handle at end of stone tray; frying pan handle"
ishpukeemníshraam "gold refinery"

Source: WB 584, p.345

  • púva néemnish pa'áama. I haven't cooked the salmon yet. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás kúkuum teekxúrar kunimníshaheen. And then again in the evening they had cooked. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 046]

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  1. xás tóo mnish pa'únuhich.
    Then he cooked the kidney.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. káru umnîishti pakun'áveesh pakunpavyíihukahaak.
    Also he was doing the cooking so they should find their meal ready when they came home.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas mah'íitnihach kun'iruvôonsip, xas kun'ímnish xuun.
    Early the next morning, they got up and cooked the acorn mush.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. kári xás kúkuum tá ikxúrar kun'imníshaheen.
    And then again in the afternoon they cooked.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  5. koovúra paxvâah pay'ôok uum umnîishtiheesh.
    She is going to cook all the heads.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about body parts, etc. (SD-01) | read full text
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  6. páy uum pa'áraar úmniishti pachikin'úruh.
    The man is cooking an egg.
    Source: Sonny Davis, Sentences about cooking (SD-03) | read full text
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  7. fâat kuma'áv peemnísheesh?
    What kind of food are you gonna cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  8. pa'áama hûut ímniishtih?
    How do you cook the salmon?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. áama nimnísheesh.
    I am going to cook salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. ipít áama nímnish.
    Yesterday I cooked salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. iim áama ímniishtih.
    You cooked salmon.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  12. chími papufích'iish numnísheesh.
    Let's cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  13. iimkun papufích'iish kumnísheesh?
    Are you all going to cook the deer meat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  14. hãã koovúra numnísheesh papufích'iish.
    Yes, we are all going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  15. pûuhara papufích'iish pukinimnísheeshara.
    No, we are not going to cook deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  16. ipít númniishti papufich'íish.
    Yesterday we cooked deer meat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  17. yáv uum imníshaan um?
    Is he a good cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  18. fâat póomniishtih?
    What does he cook?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  19. tóo mnish pa'áama.
    She cooked the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentence: cooking fish (VS-30) | read full text
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  20. pa'áama tóo mnish.
    She cooked the fish.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  21. pa'áama tóo mnish vúra uum kúnish ikxáramkunish.
    She cooked the fish, it was black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  22. pa'áama tóo mnish xás vúra tu'íinka.
    She cooked the fish and it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  23. pa'áama tóo mnish xás tu'íinka.
    She cooked the fish until it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  24. pi'êepvari, kári naa nîinamich, kunípeenti" chími pimnîishi!"
    Long ago, I was little, (people) used to say, “Start cooking!”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  25. ta'ítam tá nupimnîish nanitípah xákaan.
    So we cooked, my brother and I.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  26. káru vaa pafâat ixútihaak " kíri nímnish."
    (She told me to cook) whatever I wanted to.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  27. chí pimnîish!
    Cook!
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  28. káru vúra chími nipimnísheesh.
    And (you can say) just, I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  29. chími nipimnísheesh.
    I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  30. chí nipimnísheesh.
    I'm going to cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  31. kári xás upêer pamukústaan yítha, " chími numnîishi."
    Then one said to her sister, "Let's cook!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  32. kári xás ta'ítam kunimníshaheen.
    And so they cooked it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  33. xás ikxúrar tá kunímnish.
    And in the evening (the women) cooked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  34. xás kári kúkuum pa'ifápiitsha tá kunímnish.
    And the young women cooked again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text

  35. xás uxús " tîi kanimnîishi.
    Then he thought, "Let me cook it!
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  36. xás tóo mnish.
    Then he cooked (the salmon).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  37. áama tá kunímnish.
    They cooked salmon.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  38. xás âapun vúra uum pootâayhiti pamukun'ásip káru vúra fâat vúra pakuntâarahiti pakunimnísheesh.
    And on the floor were their cooking baskets and whatever else they had when they were going to cook.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  39. yuhsahrímkaam tá kunmah, vaa káan tá kunímnish xuun, púufich, áama.
    They saw (i.e., met) him at yuhsarímkaam; there they cooked acorn soup, venison, salmon.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text