Ararahih'urípih
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ítam earlier today, a while ago

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3211 | revised Aug 22 2005

ítam ADV • earlier today, a while ago

Derivative (1)
ta'ítam "so, and, and so (used in narratives)"

Source: WB 749, p.353

  • káruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam. Earlier today I was going around upriver. [Reference: WB T91. A Blow-out 001]


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  1. íp vúra nik nixútihat, kíri nivik ítam, pâanpay tá na'ûuriha.
    I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  2. ítam xás nifíkrip, chími nivíkeesh.
    I used to sort them when I was gonna weave.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  3. ítam pananibrother tóo tôonsur.
    Then my brother turned it off.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  4. ta'ítam sáruk tanuthyúrufak.
    Then we dragged them downhill.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  5. ítam víri vaa kumá'ii úpeen tá púfaat mu'ípih.
    That's why it says he doesn't have any bones.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  6. káruk íp nifyúkutihat ítam.
    Earlier today I was going around upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text