Ararahih'urípih
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-thun / -thuna- around, here and there

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6019 | revised Oct 31 2014

-thun / -thuna- • SUFF • around, here and there

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Note: Corresponding plural action suffix is -piithva (a/u).

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  1. 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

  2. poo'oonváthunati pamusavásiivsha.
    Coyote took his nephews through mourning around all the time.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik káru, vaa uum yáv papírish ávahkam kunithyúruthunatihaak patá kunpúhthaampimarahaak.
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  4. naa vúra payêem nikpuhúthunavish.
    I am swimming around.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about putting and motion (VS-12) | read full text
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  5. îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathunanaatih, xás vúra vaa káan kuniksháahtih.
    The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathununaatih, xas vúra koovúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih.
    The kids are running around outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. pûuhara, naa nixúti îikam vúra káan kunihmárathununaatih, xás koovúra vaa vúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih.
    No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  8. u'ihukárahitih veeshura'ípan pakuntâatathunatih."
    They're having a puberty dance, they're tossing her around on the ends of their horns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text