Ararahih'urípih
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ûupva / ûupvu- to dig (edible roots)

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lexicon ID #6321 | revised Oct 31 2014

ûupva / ûupvu- • V • to dig (edible roots)

Derivative (1)
upva'amáyav "a plant, Gairdner's yampah"

Source: WB 1492, p.391

  • kúkuum imáan poosúpaaha uxus, chími kúkuum kan'ûupvan. Again the next morning she thought, "Let me again go to dig roots." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 008]
  • uumkun káru vúra hitíhaan kun'ûupvuti, pa'avansáxiich xákaan. And they (the wife & the boy) are digging roots all the time, together with the boy. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 149]

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  1. kúna vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik, pamukunvôoh muuk vaa káan taay u'íifti, pakáan hitíhaan kun'ûupvutihaak, patá yíth, vaa káan yáanchiip taay u'íifti, yíth pakáan kun'uupvutihaak.
    But they knew indeed that where they dig cacomites all the time, with their digging sticks many of them grow up, the following year many grow up where they dig them.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  2. vaa kunipíti pakun'ûupvutihaak patayîith, vaa yâanchiip kúkuum taay u'íiftih.
    They claim that by digging Indian potatoes, more grow up the next year again.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  3. víri vaa káan uum vúra kun'ûupvunaati tayiith.
    (Ground squirrels) were digging brodiaea roots there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  4. púyava táay tá kun'ûupva patayíith.
    So they dug a lot of brodiaeas.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  5. kunthítiimti " vaa káan kun'ûupvunaatih, tayiith."
    They heard that (people) were digging brodiaea roots there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  6. víri pootúraayva, púra fátaak vúra yâahitihara, pakun'ûupvunaatih peekxariya'ifápiitsha.
    When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  7. víri pooksahárahitih, kuntákaamtih, pa'asiktávaan, pakâanimich, poo'ûupvutih.
    So they laughed, they ridiculed her, the woman, the poor one, as she dug roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  8. víriva yiimúsich vúra poo'ûupvutih.
    She dug roots a little ways away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  9. yáas sárum nu'ûupvutih.
    Then we dug pine roots.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text