Ararahih'urípih
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-an Participial

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lexicon ID #369 | revised Aug 19 2014

-an SUFF • Participial

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  1. xas upíip, "vup'áfiv tákurukrivan hitíhaan íp napáknitsurunat."
    And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. fâat vaa vúra vaa pávaa kupítihan, man'áta axraas.
    It is something that is doing that, maybe a gopher.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  3. vúra fâatva vaa vúra pávaa kupítihan, sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih.
    Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  4. naa vúra pu naxútihan, kíri kunikviit-hívath.
    I just didn't want them to put him to sleep.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  5. vaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv, pu'uum vúra fâat kumakêemish áamtihan."
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  6. xás payêem uum vúra tu'aráriihkanha, puhúun vúra íinatihan.
    And now he's well, there's nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  7. payêem puhúun íinatihan.
    Now there’s nothing wrong with him.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  8. vaa pávaa tá kupavêenahan, koovúra tutháfip panunupatúmkir."
    That's who did that, he ate up all our pillows."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  9. kári xás kun'áharam, kunpiip, " vaa pávaa kupavêenahan."
    Then they chased him, they said, "That's the one who did that mischief."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  10. kári xás kunpíip pa'îin kun'áharamutih, " naa nipêesh ' vaa pa'ípa ikmaháchraam kúkreenhat.'"
    Then the ones chasing him said, "I'll bet that was him who was in the sweathouse."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  11. xás kunpíip " uum pihnêefich pathivtaaptíhan, pu'uumhára peekriihvútihan.
    And they said, "It's Coyote who's dancing, it's not him that's fishing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  12. ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish.
    It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  13. kári xás upiip, " akâay kích vúra ipshansîipreevishan pamu'ípih."
    And he said, "Who is going to carry away her bones?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  14. kári xás kunpiip, " akâay uum páxuus êethtiheeshan."
    And they said, "Who will take care of it?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  15. kári xás uthítiimtih, pavuraakirasúruk ikrêen paniinamichtâapas.
    And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  16. ôok uum pu'áhootihara pa'ípihitihan.
    People with bones (i.e., live people) don't come here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  17. pa'ára papivankôotihan kéevniikich.
    The person who was going to look for him was an old woman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  18. uum pa'áraar pápimtihan ithahárinay vúra pumaahtíhap.
    She, the person looking for him, didn’t see him for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  19. 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
  20. vaa uum papaaxkívtihan uum peekpihan'íshiip káru peeshnanich'íshiip.
    The winners were the strongest and the swiftest.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  21. payêem asiktávaan peehyárihan, úksuupkutih pa'ípaha.
    Now a woman is the one standing, she is pointing at the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  22. payêem asiktávaan peehyárihan.
    Now a woman is the one standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text