Ararahih'urípih
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túuyship / tuyshipriha- mountain; hill

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lexicon ID #6162 | revised Nov 13 2015

túuyship / tuyshipriha- • N • mountain; hill

Derivation:  tuuy-sip
mound-up

Derivatives (5)
ikxariyátuuyship "Offield Mountain"
túuyship_mukinínaasich "by-name for 'deer'"
túuyship_mu'aramahéeshiip "by-name for púufich 'deer'"
tuyship'ípanich "mountain-top"
vuraarámtuuyship "name of a mountain back of Happy Camp"

Source: WB 1411, p.388

Note: The alternant tuyshipriha-, or its contracted form tuyshipree-, occurs in combinations like tuyshipree'ípan top of the mountain'.

  • kári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii. And a big mountain stood there. [Reference: WB T5.90]
  • xás yáas máruk tuyshípreek kunívyiihma. And then they went up on the mountain. [Reference: WB T88.7]

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  1. kári xás vaa káan tuyshipréekaam úkrii.
    And a big mountain sat there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. vaa káan ávansa úkrii, páykuuk yíiv úkrii, patuyshipriha'ápapkam.
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  3. xás pa'avansáxiich uum máruk túuyship kunithvíripuraa.
    And the boys ran up the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. tá kunkíxa patúuyship.
    (Previously) they burned brush on the mountain (i.e., Mount Offield).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  5. áraar patúuyship.
    The mountain is a person.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  6. xás yáas máruk tuyshípreek kunívyiihma.
    And then they went up on the mountain.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  7. túuyship uvêehrimva, xás utíshraamhitih musúrukam.
    Mountains are standing, and a valley is below them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text