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tîimich the very edge
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6047 | revised Nov 03 2015
tîimich • N • the very edge
| Derivation: | tíim-ich |
| edge-DIM |
Derivatives (2)
astîimich "a placename"
uchkamtîimich "placename near Katimin"
Source: WB 1377, p.386
Note: Alt. -tiimich occurs in some compounds. Sometimes contracted to -tîich at the end of compounds, e.g. ifuchtîimich or ifuchtîich 'last'.
- xás ukpíihti pamusápik mûuk, pa'ahinámtiimich. And then she keeps poking with her poker-stick by the fireplace. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 058]
- maruk'áraar vaa káan uknámtiimich úkrii. A giant lives there at the edge of the lake. [Reference: WB T55.3]
Sentence examples (5)
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kári xás uum u'áasish,
ahinámtiimich.
And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text -
kári xás ahinámtiich vúra ukrêenik amtápnihich.
And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
kári xás kunpiip, "
maruk'áraar vaa káan úknamtiimich úkrii.
And they said, "A giant is staying there at the edge of the lake.Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text -
káruma tu'íchunva pa'ávansa impáhtiimich.
The fact was, the man had hidden by the side of the path.Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text -
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