Ararahih'urípih
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páchish / páchishrih- to throw down

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lexicon ID #4452 | revised Oct 31 2014

páchish / páchishrih- • V • to throw down

Source: WB 1088.1, p.371

  • âapun íp upáchishrihat. She threw it down on the ground. [Reference: KV]
  • ithyáruk ka'íru xás upáchishrihanik. She also then threw it over across the river. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 214]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. fátaak vúra tá nipáchish, yítha kúna nikyâasip.
    I just throw it down somewhere, I start another one.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. mâa yáxa vaa puxay íim pu'ipthíithtihara, vaa vúra tipáchish.
    You see, you don't finish it, you just throw it away.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  3. kári xás kunpipáchish.
    Then they threw him down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  4. kári xás upáchish pamaruk'áraar, ukráam upaathkúrih.
    Then he threw the giant down, he threw him in the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text