Ararahih'urípih
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ûurih to be unwilling, lazy, tired

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6328 | revised Jul 10 2024

ûurih • V • to be unwilling, lazy, tired

Derivatives (2)
unih'ûunihich "woman's name"
urihíkish "man's name"

Source: WB 1495, p.91

  • u'ûurihti pakúriihva. He's not willing to sing. [Reference: KV]
  • chavúra tu'ûurih pihnêefich póothxuupramnih. Finally Coyote got tired of lying face down. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 160]
  • ûurih taníkyav. I've tired him out. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 343]

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  1. íp vúra nik nixútihat, kíri nivik ítam, pâanpay tá na'ûuriha.
    I'm always thinking I'll weave, then I get lazy.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play

  2. xás patá kunípeerahaak " fâat iyúrish" xás patu'ûurihaak púyava uum hâari ára vaa kúth tóo tháaniv.
    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  3. chavúra tu'ûuri pihnêefich póothxuupramnih.
    Finally Coyote got tired of lying face down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. xás vúra tu'ûuri póoyruuhriv, poo'asímchaaktih.
    And he got tired lying (there), keeping his eyes closed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. uxus, " íf tá na'ûuri panipakurîihvutih.
    He thought, "I'm really tired of singing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  6. kári xás upíip " chími man, kúna vúra xáyfaat ík i'ûurih."
    And they said, "All right, but you mustn't get tired."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  7. xás upíti " tá na'ûuri páykuuk pani'ahoonkôoti yiiv."
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text