Ararahih'urípih
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as / asa- rock; stone; pit of fruit; in some compounds, earth, dirt

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #583 | revised Nov 07 2014

as / asa- • N • rock; stone; pit of fruit; in some compounds, earth, dirt

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Source: WB 145, p.321; TK 58.30

Note: Locative is ásak 'on a rock' (TK 95.9).

  • xás ta'ítam ás kunipárishaheen. Then they put rocks to heat in the fire. [Reference: KT 143.36]

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  1. saamvároo ithyárukirukam súva as úxaakti itharípriik vúra hôoyvarihva.
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. sáruk áta vúra asáriik húm fâat?
    By the river, in the rocks, or what?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. " ée, if ôok asayâamach utháaniv."
    "Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  4. xas u'êechip, pa'as, pa'asayâamach.
    Then he picked it up, that rock, that pretty rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  5. xas xára vura u'êethithun pa'as.
    Then he packed that rock around.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  6. xas uxus: " tîi matêe kanpútyiinkachi páy pa'asayâamachak, vúra uum yâamach pa'as.
    Then he thought: "Let me do just a little bit of job on this nice rock, it looks so nice."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  7. as
    stone; also used to refer to the pits of fruit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  8. pún'as
    wild cherry pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  9. puráf'as
    blue-colored berry pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  10. axthaypún'as
    ground squirrel's wild cherry pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  11. fáth'as
    manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  12. apunfáth'as
    ground manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  13. fath'uruhsá'as
    green manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  14. paháv'as
    black manzanita pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  15. pichas'as
    peach pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  16. aprikots'as
    apricot pit
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Seed (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.k) | read full text

  17. pa'as paathkúrihi pa'íshahak.
    Throw the rock into the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  18. pa'as tá nithárishrih xás pahup'ásip.
    I put the rock in the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  19. nipáatheesh pa'as.
    I am going to throw the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  20. pa'as káan nipaathkúriheesh.
    I will throw the rock into it (a vessel).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  21. papûuvish vaa káan pa'as nipaathkúriheesh.
    I will throw the rock into the bag.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  22. pa'as uum ahup'ásipak súrukam.
    The rock is underneath the box.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  23. asákaamsa kaan xás vaa á' tá nukfukúraa.
    We used to climb those big rocks out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  24. pa'ás mûuk vúra tóo ktir pa'ávansa.
    She hit the man with rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  25. ôok uum púfaat pa'ás.
    There's no rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  26. îikam púfaat pa'ás.
    There's no rocks outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  27. ôok uum vúra púfaat pataay pa'ás.
    There aren't very many rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  28. ôok uum vúra taay pa'ás, púfaat páy uum pa'ípaha.
    There are many rocks, but no trees.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  29. ôok uum vúra taay pa'ás.
    There's lots of rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  30. ôok uum vúra pa'ás kích, púfaat uum pa'ípaha.
    There are only rocks here, no trees.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  31. ôok uum púfaat pa'ípaha, 'as kich.
    There are no trees here, only rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  32. taay vúra pa'ás pay'ôok pi'êep.
    There were lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  33. káru payêem vúra uum taay pa'ás.
    There are already lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  34. vúra uum payêem vúra uum taay pa'ás.
    There are already lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  35. ôok uum vúra uum taay pa'ás.
    There are lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  36. ôok uum vúra taay pa'ás, payêem.
    There are lots of rocks here now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  37. imáan vúra uum taay pá'ás pay'ôok.
    Tomorrow there's going to be lots of rocks here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  38. ipít káru taay pá'ás ôok.
    There were lots of rocks here yesterday.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  39. payêem káru vúra uum taay pá'ás ôok.
    There are lots of rocks here now.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  40. ôok uum vúra taay paxuntápan, púfaat pa'ás.
    There are only acorns here, no rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  41. payêem vúra uum ôok taay paxuntápan, vúra uum púfaat pa'ás.
    There are only acorns here now, no rocks.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  42. púfaat pa'ás, ôok, xuntápan kich.
    There are no rocks here, just acorns.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  43. pa'ávansa káan úkrii ukûuntakoo pa'ás.
    The man is over there, sitting on the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  44. ukûuntakoo pa'ás.
    He is sitting on the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  45. pa'ápsuun káan utháantakoo pa'ás.
    The snake is lying there on the rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  46. nani'asímnaam ás káan tutháaniv
    There is a rock in my bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  47. pûuhara, naa ásak nihyárih.
    No, I'm standing on a rock.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  48. kári xás pa'âapun tutúraayva, yee asayaamach'íshara ôok páy utháaniv.
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  49. pa'ás u'êechip, asayâamach.
    He picked up the rock, the pretty rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  50. kári xás pa'ás uthárish, âapun.
    And he put the rock down on the ground.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  51. pa'ás kúnish tuvurúniihva, tiim.
    It was sort of running over the edge of the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  52. âapun ásak upathakhíish.
    He kneeled down on a rock.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  53. asasúruk kúuk tá kunihmárava.
    They ran underneath a rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  54. xás káan ás utháaniv, kéech.
    And a rock lay there, a big one.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  55. xás kári papirishkâarim úkfuukiraa pa'as.
    And Grizzly grabbed the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  56. hûut chími unísheesh pa'as, sú' úkrii payuuxmachmahánach.
    What was she to do with the rock? Lizard was inside.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  57. kári xás tá pu'axhára, ásak sú' úkrii, asapatxáxak.
    So she couldn't kill him, he was inside the rock, the crack in the rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  58. kári xás kunipêer, " mímyaahti, hûutva kóo mímyaahti vúra iim fátaak asasúruk vaa káan i'ifchíkinkutiheesh.
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  59. víri vaa peepíkyaarahaak víri vaa imáheesh ' vaa káan asa'ípan úkrii atipimáamvaan.'
    When you finish, you will see a buzzard sit there on top of a rock.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  60. kunxúti " as."
    (The Indians) thought they were rocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  61. paxúrish tóo krav, páykuuk ása múuk.
    They ground the shelled acorns with that stone over there (pointing to a pestle).
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  62. pa'ás tóo párish.
    They heated stones (for cooking).
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  63. xás pa'ás tá kunipárish.
    And they heated the rocks.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  64. xás pa'aséemfir tá kunturúraamnihva.
    Then they put the hot rocks in.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  65. kári ás tá kunturúkurihva.
    Then they put (hot) rocks in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  66. patóo mpúkahaak, pa'ás tá kunturúriipva.
    When (the acorns) were cooked, they took the rocks out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  67. tée p ás upárishat.
    They had already heated rocks.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  68. pa'ás utururáamnihva.
    They put the rocks in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  69. xás asákaamsa mûuk tá kuniyáakoo.
    And they put them on with big rocks.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  70. xás iinâak pamu'îirish uum ás upathrívahitih.
    And inside, their floor was covered with rocks.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  71. xás ás uthíivahiti ivíthvaaykam.
    And rocks were laid in front of the house.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  72. xás kári aséemfir tutururáamnihva.
    Then he put in hot stones.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  73. xás asayátha mûuk pakunikxúriktih.
    And they made the design with a sharp stone.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text