Ararahih'urípih
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vásihkam behind; backward

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lexicon ID #6457 | revised Jul 22 2014

vásihkam • N • behind; backward

  • xás pa'ávansas mukun'ikrivramvásihkam usúruruprinahiti. And behind the men's sweathouse there was a hole. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 006]
  • vásihkam úuth úkyiimkar. He fell backwards into the river. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 081]

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  1. xas pa'ávansa mukun'ikrívraam váshihkam usúruruprinahiti vaa kaan kunthanfúrukvuti papúufich.
    Now there was a hole in the back of the boys' house, they dragged the deer in there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. víri hûut ikupheesh vásihkam?
    How would you pack them?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. peheerahásaan xúus kunish ithváaykamkam, kôomahich vúra u'áxvuh?ha?hitihach peheerahasanvásihkamkam.
    Tobacco leaves are smooth on top, but a little hairy on the underside.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. ípaha vásihkam.
    It's behind the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  5. vaa káan úkrii, ikrívkir vasíhkam.
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  6. ikrívkir vasíhkam káan úkrii.
    He's at the back of the chair.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. vásihkam úuth úkyiimkar.
    He fell backwards into the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. vásihkam utháaniv papihnêefich.
    There lay Coyote in back of it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text