Ararahih'urípih
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súpaah day

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5468 | revised Dec 06 2015

súpaah N • day

Derivatives (5)
ipshúpaahpa "to be the ...th day of the week"
itaharasúpaah "ten days"
ithasúpaah "all day"
súpaaha "to become day"
supáh'aachip "noon"

Source: WB 1256, p.381

Note: Loc. is supáahak 'in the daytime' (KS, a'iknêechhan, 128)


Sentence examples (13)

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  1. chavúra axaksúpaa kaan sú' kun'áraarahitih.
    And kept them there two days.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. xas uum vúra hitíhaan kumasúpaa poopȋiriihiti pamu'ávan paxuun.
    She was saving acorn soup all the time every day for her man.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  3. misúpaah yav!
    Happy birthday!
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about acorns, weather (LA-02) | read full text
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  4. yánava pakúusrah tóokfuk súpaah!
    Look the sun is getting up!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. káruk tá kunpávyiihma, tusupaháyaachha, pámita káan kun'arámsiiprintih.
    They arrived back upriver where they came from, it was mid-morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  6. vúra uum hitíhaan kumasúpaa póomuusti pápikvas.
    She looked at the headdress-feather every day (while he was gone).
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  7. axaksúpaa ávipux.
    He was without food for two days.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  8. kári xás kun'áhoo, vúra uum taay súpaa pakun'áhoo.
    And they traveled, it was many days that they traveled.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  9. axaksúpaa tupmúsan pamutátapva.
    Every two days they would go look at their traps.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  10. itroopatishamnihasúpaah sú' úkrii ikmaháchraam.
    He lived in the sweat-house for nine days.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text
  11. chítik vúra tá itroopatishamnihasúpaa tá kunkúnih kári xás tupihyárihish.
    Finally they had done target-shooting for nine days, and then (the priest) stood still (the priest remains standing all night).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text
  12. axaksúpaa asuuxáras nu'íin káru ithéekxaram.
    We two stayed fasting for two days and a night.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  13. itroopasúpaa iinâak nu'áraarahiti ikmaháchraam.
    We all lived in the sweathouse for five days.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text