Ararahih'urípih
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yúux dirt, sand

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7247 | revised Feb 21 2016

yúux • N • dirt, sand

Derivatives (12; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1702, p.402

  • vaa vúra káan âapun yúuxak ukûuruthun. He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 054]
  • vaa uum pa'úhish yuxsúruk uvrárakuriheesh. That way the seeds will go in under the ground. [Reference: TK 85.36]

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  1. koovúra yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
    It will turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. hãã, I couldn't do that, ayu'âach vúra vaa yuxmúrax u'árihishriheesh.
    Yes, I couldn't do that because it would turn into nothing but sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  3. yúuxak patóo kyav.
    They did it in the sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. vaa tá kunpîip: pa'amtápyuux ník yav.
    They thought the ashy earth is good enough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  5. áfeer tá kunvítrip, vaa uum pukúkuum píiftihara, pávaa kun'îinishtihaak, payúux uxéetchichhitih.
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  6. vaa vúra káan âapun yúuxak ukûuruthun.
    He slid all over there that way, on the ground, in the dirt.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás kári vúra u'aachíchha, xás ukrivrúhuthun, úuth upiytúykaanva páyuux.
    Then he was happy, and he rolled around, and he kicked the dirt out into the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. xás úuth upiytúykaanva páyuux, uknamxánahich mú'uuthkam, víri vaa kumá'ii pakêech usirishkírahitih.
    And he kicked the dirt out in the river, out from uknamxánahich, that's why there's a big bar (there).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  9. xás úkyav páyuux, úkyav, úkyav.
    And he fixed sand, he fixed it and fixed it.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  10. xasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak, u'ahítiheesh.
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  11. kári xás páyuux uxyátap.
    So she threw dirt on him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text

  12. yúuxak tá kuntákir.
    They leached it in sand.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  13. xás páyuux koovúra tóo mfiipshur, xás kári tá kunkôoha.
    And all the sand came off, and then they stopped.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text

  14. tóo thxah, páyuux tóo vyiihshur.
    They washed it, the sand came off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-74) | read full text

  15. xás pamukun'îirish uum vúra yuux.
    And their floor was just earth.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text