Ararahih'urípih
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píshiip first (of two); already

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lexicon ID #4978 | revised Nov 08 2005

píshiip • ADJ • first (of two); already

Source: WB 1151, p.375

  • hínupa uum píshiip vúra tupikyâaraheen pamu'átiv. There it is that she has already made up her load. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 018]
  • kári xás upíip papihnêefich, pishíip ni'árihishrih. And Coyote said, "I sing first." [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 028]

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  1. kári xás ukúniihka píshiip yítha.
    And he shot at the first one.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. pihnêefich upíip " naa píshiip paniní'aan á' kiikuníhuraa."
    Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. kári xás upíip papihnêefich " pishíip ni'árihishrih."
    And Coyote said, "I sing first."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  4. xás xanchíifich píshiip astíip ukrîish.
    And Frog sat down in first place, on the river bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  5. xás uum píshiip tu'íipma.
    And he got back first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  6. pamupiship'ihrôoha uum yítha mu'avansáxiich.
    His first wife had one boy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  7. xás papíshiip veehrôoha uum itníivka.
    And the first wife was cruel.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  8. paxuntápan kunífiktih, kúuk tóo kvíripma, xás koovúra tu'ífik píshiip.
    When they picked acorns, she would run there, and she would pick them all first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. píshiip imvír tá kuníkyav.
    First they made a fishing platform.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  10. xás píshiip uum ishahátiimich tá kun'íripkuri su'vári vúra.
    And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  11. píshiip tá kuniptáthrip imvarámkaam.
    First they strained them with a big tray-basket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  12. púyava payítha peeshnaaníchhaak uum píshiip tu'úum patákasar uphírivirak.
    If one was swift, he arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  13. púyava xás uum píshiip tóo tâatsip.
    So he tossed it first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  14. púyava hâari uum payu'kúkam pa'ávansas píshiip tu'úum, patákasar uphírivirak.
    Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  15. píshiip panyúrar utaxapkóohitih.
    First bear-lily leaves were braided on.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Indian Clothes" (WB_KL-86) | read full text