Ararahih'urípih
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ûum barely, hardly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6308 | revised Nov 11 2005

ûum • ADV • barely, hardly

Derivative (1)
uumyâach "just barely"

Source: WB 1485, p.391

Note: Vowel is not shortened in compound uumyâach 'just barely'.

  • víri ûum ni'áfishrih pastove top. I could barely reach the stove top. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 012]
  • xás víri ûum tavúra kunpiruvôonsip. Then they could hardly get up. [Reference: KT 154.25]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. xas upíip, "pûuhara, ávansa kípa ûum vúup ucháfichtih."
    But he answered, "No indeed! Men always chew the neck!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. viri ûum vúra ni'á'ha.
    I could scarcely get up.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. víri ûum vúra kun'íipma pamukunikrívraam.
    They got home with difficulty.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. víri ûum tá vúra poo'íhivrik.
    She could scarcely answer a question.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  5. poo'íifti xás vúra vaa kâarim, vúra púfaat pu'ûum, táay vúra púfaat.
    When he was growing up he was poor, he didn't have hardly anything, he didn't have much.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  6. naa vúra nîinamich, víri ûum vúra ni'áfishrih pastovetop
    I was just little, I could barely reach the stove top.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. víri ûum vúra panivúrayvutih.
    I can hardly get around.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. víri ûum tá kuníshyaavha.
    They barely lived through the winter.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text