Ararahih'urípih
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aha- / ahi- to burn

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #171 | revised Oct 31 2014

aha- / ahi- • V • to burn

Derivatives (4)
ahíram "fireplace, specifically for ceremonial purpose"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
vitkirivâaram_mu'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
a'ithram'ahíram "name of a fire place near Orleans"

Source: WB 39, p.315

Note: Bound stem, only occurring with derivational suffixes; rare; largely replaced by íinka (a/u).

See áah 'fire'

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. xás   u-'êechip   xás   ahíram-ak   ú-yuunkuri   pa-mu-xváa   achvúun   atipimámvaan   mu-xvâa   u-kimfíruraa-nik  
    then   3s(>3)-pick.up   then   fireplace-Locative   3s(>3)-put.(long.object).in.fire   the-3sPOSS-head   hookbill.salmon   buzzard   3sPOSS-head   3s(>3)-burn.off.(hair)-ANC  
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. xás   vúra   tá   pu-'ah-ára  
    then   Intensive   PERF   NEG-burn-NEG  
    And it wouldn't burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   uum   u-'áasish   ahinám-tiimich  
    then   then   3.SG   3s(>3)-lie.down   fireplace-very.edge  
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. xasík   p-aaxvahara-xárah-sas   ku-vêehkurih-eesh   yúux-ak   u-'ahí-tih-eesh  
    then.(future)   the-ptich-wood-long-PL   2pl(>3)-stick.into-FUT   dirt-Locative   3s(>3)-burn-DUR-FUT  
    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

  5. xás   ú-p-aanik   xasík   ahíram   u-kyâa-vish  
    then   3s(>3)-say-ANC   then.(future)   fireplace   3s(>3)-make-FUT  
    He said, "(The priest) will build a fire."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   púyava   máruk   t-u-vâaram   ahíram  
    then   then   you.see   uphill   PERF-3s(>3)-go   fireplace  
    And so he went uphill to the fireplaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   ahinám-tiich   vúra   u-krêe-nik   amtápnihich  
    then   then   fireplace-very.edge   Intensive   3s(>3)-live-ANC   ashy.place  
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  8. xás   áachip   ahíram-hi-tih  
    then   middle   fireplace-DENOM-DUR  
    And there was a fireplace in the center.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  9. máruk   ahíram   t-u-vâaram  
    uphill   fireplace   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    He went uphill to the fireplaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text