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áfiv / afiva- bottom, base (of anything)
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lexicon ID #146 | revised Oct 31 2014
áfiv / afiva- • N • bottom, base (of anything)
Derivation: | áfiv-a |
make.bottom-DEVERB |
Derivatives (7)
áfivarih "toward the base"
afivîich "the very bottom"
afiviichvárih "toward the very bottom"
afivtínihich "a plant, blue-eyed grass"
axich'áfiv "a plant, willow dock"
thuxriv'áfiv "bottom of a bag"
vuutrava'áfiv "testicles"
Note: The dimin. is afivîich '(the) very bottom'.
- ma'kêech tuyshipree'áfiv veekxaréeyav ukúphaanik. The ikxaréeyav from the foot of Shelton Butte did it. [Reference: WB 24.1, p. 314; TK 48.21]
- áfiv vúra úmyaat-hiti, ávahkam takuntáfir. (An elk testicle pipe sack) is hairy at the base, they shave off the upper part. [Reference: TK 196.16]
See áfiv 'to make the bottom'
Sentence examples (9)
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xas u-píip "vup-'áfiv tákurukriv-an hitíhaan íp na-páknitsurun-at then 3s(>3)-say "neck-bottom be.in.coil-Participial always PAST 2s/3s>1s-pluck.off-PAST And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know." Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full texteepum-'afivîich root-very.bottom bottom of the root Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text'afivîich very.bottom the very bottom Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full textafiv-'ávahkam a'-vánihich vaa p-oo-pírish-hi-ti pa-mu-'iheerahá-saan áfiv uum vúra pirísh-iipux bottom-over high-DIM that NOMZ-3s(>3)-plant-DENOM-DUR the-3sPOSS-tobacco-leaf bottom 3.SG Intensive plant-without Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textáfivarih uum p-u-'ifyayêepshah-ara p-eehêeraha ú-mvaay-ti káru vúra pathríha mûuk pathríha mûuk káru vúra ú-mvaay-ti toward.base 3.SG NEG-3s(>3)-such.good.ones-NEG the-tobacco 3s(>3)-become.wilted-DUR also Intensive rain with.(by.means.of) rain with.(by.means.of) also Intensive 3s(>3)-become.wilted-DUR Toward the base the tobacco leaves are not so good, they are wilted, they are wilted with the sunshine and also with the rain, with the rain also they are wilted. Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full textáfee-r tá kun-vítrip vaa uum pu-kúkuum p-íif-tih-ara pá-vaa kun-'îinish-tih-aak pa-yúux u-xéetchich-hi-tih bottom-having PERF 3pl(>3s)-pull.up.(weeds) so 3.SG NEG-again ITER-grow-DUR-NEG the-that 3pl(>3s)-come.into.existence-DUR-when the-dirt 3s(>3)-soft-DENOM-DUR 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 textxás kári vaa vúra kích káan u-'iish-hí-ti vuutrava'áfiv then then so Intensive only there 3s(>3)-flesh-DENOM-DUR testicles And there was still meat there in his testicles. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás pa-pihnîich u-piip pa-nini-vup-'áfiv vaa káan u-takurukíshriih-va víri-va t-óo kyiimshur then the-old.man 3s(>3)-say the-1sPOSS-neck-bottom so there 3s(>3)-curl.up-PL.ACT so-PL.ACT PERF-3s(>3) fall.off And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text