Ararahih'urípih
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xusêer / xúseen- to think (a certain way) about (a person)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6947 | revised Feb 08 2016

xusêer / xúseen- • V • to think (a certain way) about (a person)

Derivation:  xus-eer
think--eer

Source: WB 1638.2, p.399

  • uthíshiip ixúseentihap kíri ivâaram. He wants you to go to San Francisco. (lit. 'San Francisco he-thinks-about-you you-go!) [Reference: KV]
  • îifiti kunxusêer pihnîichich. Then they thought he was an old man. [Reference: KM 25.3]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. kári xás upíip, " kach-kach-kach-kach," xás áak chanchaaksúrak u'árihrupuk.
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. îifiti kunxusêer pihnîichich.
    Then they thought it was an old man.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. " kíri kanaxusêer puthitíimtihara."
    "I wish they would think about me that I can not understand."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  4. uum vúra kunxúseentihanik kíri hûuk u'uum, vúra kunvîihanik.
    They had been wishing for him to go off, for they disliked him.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  5. kári xás upiip: " uum vúra vaa páy arara'îin kunxúseentih kíri âapun úyruuhriv.
    Then she said: "Someone is causing her sickness.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  6. xás kúkuum vúra voopiip: " uum vúra arara'îin kunxúseentih."
    Then she said: "Somebody is making it."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  7. chiimuuch'îin kunxúseeranik " kíri vaa ukúupha, pufáat vúra yávheeshara."
    Lizard thought about him, "Let him do that, nothing will be any good."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. ayu'âach kanaxúseenti ' kâanimich.
    It was because they thought, 'She's poor.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text