Ararahih'urípih
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yiimúsich a little ways off

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7081 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiimúsich ADV • a little ways off

Derivation yiiv mus-ich
far mus-DIM

Source: WB 1680.1, p.401

Note: Pron. with short /s/.

  • yiimúsich vúra utsîiprin. He looks from some distance off. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 015]
  • chavúra yiimúsich tu'uum. Finally he went a little ways. [Reference: WB T3.33]


Sentence examples (20)


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  1. xas muyiimúsich káru ník u'áraarahiti, áxak yeeripáxvuhsa kaan kun'iin.
    And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. itráhyar pa'asípiitsa káru vaa kóohoo imvarámpiitsa káru itráhyar síkih.
    There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. kári xas yiimúsich tu'áhoo.
    Then he went a short way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  4. yiimúsich xas nihyárihish.
    I stood a little way off.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  5. chavúra yiimúsich tu'uum.
    Finally he went a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  6. yiimúsich tóo tsîip.
    He looked off a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  7. " payêem vúra yiimúsich vúra nikvíripshipreevish," uxus.
    "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  8. chavúra puyiimúsich uumára, táma kúkuum utápichfak.
    Finally he hadn't got far, and again he slipped downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  9. yiimúsich úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  10. púyava patée kxurárahaak yiimúsich vúra tóo kpêehva patu'ípak.
    When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  11. kári xás yiimúsich vúra ukpêehva " axichapipúniishich."
    Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  12. yiimúsich kúna uum táma upikyívunih.
    But it fell down again just a little ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  13. yiimúsich ník tu'uum, kári tupikyívunih.
    It went a little ways, then it fell down again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  14. yiimúsich tóo pmah, apsunmúnukich.
    She saw Racer a little ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  15. 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
  16. yiimúsich vúra utsîip pamukun'ikrívraam.
    He saw their house a little ways off.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  17. xás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra.
    So he shot a little ways uphillward.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  18. káruma uum yiimúsich tu'íshunvaheen pa'ápuroon.
    The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  19. yiimúsich xás pakuníkpaaksur.
    They cut them off some ways out (from the trunk).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  20. xás pa'ávansa vaa vúra úkviipti, kúnish yiimúsich payêem.
    The man is running like that, sort of far away now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text