Ararahih'urípih
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tur / tun- carry (things which stand up, like wood) in a packbasket; to gather (wood)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6136 | revised Nov 09 2015

tur / tun- • V • carry (things which stand up, like wood) in a packbasket; to gather (wood)

Derivatives (6)
tur "packbasket load (of wood or the like)"
túrar "to go gather wood"
túrish "to finish gathering wood"
turíshriihva "to carry load after load of wood"
túunfak "to carry (wood) down from uphill"
túunsip "to load up, to raise up with a burden basket (full of wood or the like) on one's back"

Source: WB 1402, p.387

  • áhup utúunti. She's carrying wood in a packbasket. [Reference: KV]
  • yíiv vúra hâari máruk pa'áhup kuntúunti. Sometimes they go wood-gathering far upslope. [Reference: TK 184.24]

Sentence examples (2)

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  1. vúra uum yararápiit vúra kámtuuntih."
    Let the new married woman be carrying it."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  2. payêem uum tá kóo patur, chishíi mûuk uum tah.
    Now the use of burden baskets is all gone, it is with horses now.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text