Ararahih'urípih
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áfiv / afiva- bottom, base (of anything)

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. eepum-'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
  3. 'afivîich  
    very.bottom  
    the very bottom
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text
  4. afiv-'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 text
  5. áfivarih   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 text
  6. áfee-r      kun-vítrip   vaa   uum   pu-kúkuum   p-íif-tih-ara   -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 text
  7. xás   kári   vaa   vúra   kích   káan   u-'iish--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 text
  8. xás   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