Ararahih'urípih
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sípnuuk storage basket (O'Neale, pp. 38-40)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5422 | revised Dec 03 2015

sípnuuk • N • storage basket (O'Neale, pp. 38-40)

Derivatives (6)
iheerahasípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40)"
sipnúukan "in a storage basket"
sipnúukith "money basket"
sipnúk'anamahach "trinket basket"
sipnuk'átimnam "type of basket used for carrying light loads"
uhsípnuuk "tobacco basket (O'Neale, p. 40) "

Source: WB 1233, p.379

Note: The locative is sipnúukan or sipnúukak 'in a storage basket.'

  • tîi naa yúrasak kanvâaram, sipnúukan su'. Let me go down to the ocean inside the basket! [Reference: KS Crane 074]
  • chími kiik'íchunvi, sipnúukan kiik'iruváramnihi. You two come hide, get into the storage baskets! [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 018]

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  1. uhsípnuuk
    tobacco basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  2. iheerahasípnuuk
    tobacco basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  3. sípnuuk
    storage basket
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full text

  4. xás sípnuuk káruk u'êethroov.
    So he took a storage basket upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. xás upêer pasípnuuk " naa ík vúra neemúsahitiheesh peekûuntakoo.
    And he said to the storage basket, "You must look like me as you sit.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. xás kári pamúvaas uyxôorariv pasípnuuk.
    Then he covered the storage basket with his blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  7. xás ta'ítam úkriihvaheen pasípnuuk, upakurîihvutih.
    Then the storage basket fished, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  8. yánava káan kích sípnuuk úkrii, upakurîihvutih.
    They saw it was just a storage basket sitting there, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  9. sípnuuk kích káan ukûuntakoo.
    Just a storage basket is sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  10. xás pihnêefich vúra uum sípnukaam tóo thárish pakáan umáhyaaneesh.
    And Coyote put a big storage basket down where they were to put it in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  11. xás pamusípnuuk uum ipshûunkinich, kúna vúra tinihyâach, káan u'uuchnímach.
    And his storage basket was short, but it was sort of wide, it was squatting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  12. kári xás asiktâan kinipéer " chími shipnúkaam kiikvîiki."
    And the women were told, "Weave a big storage basket."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  13. káru pamukrívraam upikchákiroopithva, pasípnuuk axyaráva.
    And they were lined up around (the inside of) his house, the storage baskets were all full.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  14. pufíchtaahkoo, ípmiif káru pakóo kumá'uup pootháthriinaa, pasipnúukak.
    White deerskins, black deerskins, and every kind of treasure sat in the storage baskets.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  15. itaharatápas pamusípnuuk, poopikchákiroopithva.
    There were a whole lot of storage baskets lined up around.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  16. xás uxus, " tîi kan'ixupsúroo, pasípnuuk."
    And he thought, "Let me uncover the storage baskets!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text