Ararahih'urípih
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inish to do (something) with, to do (something) to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2657 | revised Jul 22 2014

inish • V • to do (something) with, to do (something) to

Source: WB 632, p.347

Note: Loses initial /i/ after prefixal vowels.

  • páy uum iníishi. Do it this way! [Reference: KV]
  • vúra hûut chí paninísheesh. I don't know what to do with them. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. naníxvaah níhruuvti, níxus vaa páy ninísheesh.
    I'm using my head, I think, “I'll do like this.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. xás achvúun uppiip: " naa îin pukinîikyáreeshara, vaa vúra páy kyôomahich nuníshsheesh."
    Then Hookbill said: "I am not going to kill you, this is all that I'm going to do to you."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. kári xás ta'ítam páy uníshaheen.
    And he did this with it (wadded it up, shown by informant's gestures.)
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. kári xás upíip pihnêefich, " yee! hûut inísheesh pamí'aan, húuk paathmi.
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. kári xás uxus, " hûut áta paninísheesh."
    And he thought, "How shall I do with it, I wonder?"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  6. hûut chími unísheesh pa'as, sú' úkrii payuuxmachmahánach.
    What was she to do with the rock? Lizard was inside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  7. hûut chí kuninísheesh.
    What were they to do with (the girls)?
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  8. kári xás uxús kahyuras'afishríhan " hûut áta ník níniishvunaa."
    And Klamath Lakes Young Man thought, "How ever shall I do with them?"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  9. xás pachánchaaf páy únish, pachánchaaf utaxyásur.
    So she did like this to the foam, she separated the foam with her hands.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text