Ararahih'urípih
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-pîimich / -pîimach next to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4815 | revised Oct 31 2014

-pîimich / -pîimach • N • next to

Derivatives (2)
ivpîimach "near the house"
tikankampîimach "forefinger"

Source: WB 1137, p.374

Note: Bound stem; used mainly with possessives, e.g. mupîimach 'next to him'.

  • xás vaa mukunpîimich mít u'ívatak. And near them someone had died. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 005]
  • vaa vúra avpîimich poo'axaychákishrihti, xakararátiik mûuk. He holds it close to his face with both hands. [Reference: TK 233.10]

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  1. hâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk.
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text

  2. taay tûupichas u'íifti sú', vaa mupîimachich patayîith.
    There are tiny ones growing under the ground, close to the Indian potatoes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  3. pîimich ni'úumeesh kahtíshraam.
    I am going near Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  4. naa kahtíshraam mupîimich káan paníkrii.
    I live nearby Yreka.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  5. chivchakarapîimich.
    It is by the door.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about jewelry, hair, and clothes (VS-25) | read full text
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  6. ahapîimich kaan úkrii
    He's sitting close to the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. xás kunipêer " vaa káan kúniihki mufithíhkaam mupîimich, vaa káan pamúthvaay utháaniv."
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  8. xás mupîimach uhyárih.
    Next to her a man is standing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  9. káru yítha pa'ávansa mupîimach uhyárih.
    And one man is standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  10. xás payêem áxak pa'ávansa vúra káan mupîimach kun'iruvêehriv.
    Now two men are standing there next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  11. xás mupîimach pamu'áka uhyárih.
    Next to her is standing her father.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  12. kúkuum vúra vaa káan uhyárih, payêem áxak pa'ávansa mupîimach kun'iruvêehriv.
    Again she is standing there like that, now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  13. xás pamu'áka mupîimach uhyárih.
    Her father is standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  14. xás payêem áxak pa'ávansa kun'iruvêehrim mupîimach.
    Now two men are standing next to her.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  15. káru pirishxárahsa uvêehrimva mupîimach.
    And tall grass is standing next to him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text