Ararahih'urípih
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a' up, above

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lexicon ID #7273 | revised Feb 17 2016

a' ADV • up, above

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Source: WB 1, p.313

  • á' ipanîich pákaas uthrítakoo. Up at the top sat the nest. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 1:13]


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  1. íp niyrúhat kunish, á'.
    I'd kinda rolled it up.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. uum vúra kích a' úkrii ma'tîimich pirishkâarim, púxay vúra kêenatihara.
    Grizzly Bear alone was sitting up in the back part of the sweathouse, he never moved.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  3. a' veehyarihara vúra poo'áamtih.
    He was even standing up when he was eating it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. kiri a' u'íthimship.
    Would that she would lie stomach up.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  5. kíri a' u'íthimship."
    Would that she lie stomach up."
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  6. ta'íttam a' u'íththimshipreeheen.
    Then she turned stomach up.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  7. papúsihich ípahak á' úkrii.
    The cat is in the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  8. asákaamsa kaan xás vaa á' tá nukfukúraa.
    We used to climb those big rocks out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  9. a' tupáathuraa pa'ípahak pa'unúhxiitich.
    He threw the ball up into the tree.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  10. a' tupáathunih ípahak.
    He threw it down in the tree (from above).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  11. xás on a bench nihyári, xás vaa a' tá ni'ípanha on the table.
    And I stood on a bench, so I could reach the table.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  12. chí á' pákathuneesh.
    You should cook.
    Source: Violet Super, Sentences about weather and cooking (VSu-05) | read full text
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  13. xás á' uvôoruraa ípahak.
    And he climbed up a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. kári xás á' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraak.
    Then he crawled up on the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  15. xás ikríhak á' utháantak.
    And he set it up on the fishery.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  16. pihnêefich upíip " naa píshiip paniní'aan á' kiikuníhuraa."
    Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  17. xás pa'á' kunívyiihma xás kunpíip " kun'íhukarahitih."
    And when they got up, then they said, "They're having a flower-dance."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  18. imáan á' úru iktávareesh.
    Tomorrow you will go up to get eggs.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  19. á' ipanîich pákaas uthrítakoo.
    Up at the top sat the nest.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  20. xás á' ípan u'uum.
    Then he arrived up at the top.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  21. xás á' úsnaapka.
    So he fastened it on the top.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  22. yukún vaa káan á' u'íithra murax'ipaha'ípan."
    He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text
  23. (. . .) xás âanaxus úskaaksur, pihnîich á' ukyívuraa.
    (But Weasel forced the old man to get on.) Then Weasel jumped off, (and) the old man flew up into the air.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  24. kári xás á' úkxiiptak thîivakar.
    And he flew up onto the drying rack.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  25. koovúra mímyaahti vaa ikupítiheesh, fátaak á' ikûuntakoovish.
    All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  26. xás upíip pirishkâarim, " á' nutákarariheesh, súrukam aah nikyâavish papupasupíichvahaak."
    Then Grizzly Bear said, "I'll hang you up, I'll make a fire under you if you don't tell."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  27. ta'ítam siit á' utákarariheen.
    So she hung Mouse up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  28. yukún yíiv á' utásunihtihanik pa'íin.
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  29. xás kunímuusti iv'ávahkam a' poo'íihtih.
    And (Lizard) was looked at as he danced, up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  30. pamu'urútvaap poo'iithvúti á' vúra.
    He was carrying his dip-net frame up (in the air).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  31. xás á' iktít vaa poo'átivutih.
    And he was carrying acorn-drying racks in a burden basket, (piled) up (in the air).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text
  32. pamuyáfus á' tóo stakúraan.
    Her dress was ripped up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  33. ithâan kumamáh'iit umá " pachánchaaf yíiv á' vúra úkrii".
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  34. kári xás a' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraa.
    Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  35. púyava xás á' tóo thyúruraa.
    So he pulled it up (out).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  36. xás á' u'ákuraati papimustihvâanarak.
    He is putting his paws up on the window.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  37. pachishíi uhyári amkírak a', u'áamti asíp'anamahachak.
    The dog is standing on top of the table, he is eating from a small bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  38. káru tapas'ápsuun káan ithyárukirukam utákviihriv, muxvâa a' uhyárih.
    And a rattlesnake is lying coiled there across-stream, its head is standing up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  39. áxak pátiik, a' kunvêehriv.
    There are two hands, they are standing upwards.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  40. á' úknuuptihach.
    It's shaped like a mushroom.
    Source: Various speakers, "Miscellaneous Sentences" (WB_KV) | read full text