Ararahih'urípih
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iiv house; nest (of insects or rodents)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1715 | revised Nov 17 2014

iiv • N • house; nest (of insects or rodents)

Derivatives (7)
achnát'iiv "rat's nest"
chimuch'eeráriiv "placename"
eeráriiv "den of an animal"
iv'ávahkam "(on the) roof"
kusriiv "sun-house"
virusura'eeráriiv "bear's den"
xaha'eeráriiv "spider's nest"

Note: Bound stem; occurs only in combinations such as iv'ávahkam 'roof', lit. 'house top'; and achnátiv 'rat's nest', with achnaat 'rat'.

    Sentence examples (9)

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    1. xás   kári   iv'ávahkam   u-vôoruraa   t-óo   piikívshipriv   p-éemyah  
      then   then   roof   3s(>3)-crawl.up   PERF-3s(>3)   put.necklaces.up.on   the-breath  
      And he crawled up on the roof, he wore the heart as a necklace.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    2. xás   kun-ímuusti   iv'ávahkam   a'   p-oo-'íih-tih  
      then   3pl(>3s)-look.at   roof   above   NOMZ-3s(>3)-dance-DUR  
      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

    3. xás   iv'ávahkam   u-vôoruraa   pa-pirishkâarim  
      then   roof   3s(>3)-crawl.up   the-grizzly  
      So Grizzly crawled up on the roof.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    4. p-oo-p-árihrishuk   víri   vaa   yuuxmachmahánach   iv'ávahkam   p-oo-'íih-tih   u-thívtaap-tih  
      NOMZ-3s(>3)-ITER-jump.out   so   so   lizard.sp.   roof   NOMZ-3s(>3)-dance-DUR   3s(>3)-do.war.dance-DUR  
      When (Lizard) came out, Lizard danced on the roof, he did a war dance.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    5. pa-vírusar   íshyaav   kusrah-kêem   kári   koovúra   eeráriiv-ak   kúuk   tá   kun-pá-vyiihma  
      the-bear   winter   sun-bad   then   all   den-Locative   to   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-go.to.(pl.)  
      In the winter, in December (the bad month), the bears all go into dens.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

    6. kári   xás   tá   kun-píip   chími   nanu-'eeráriiv   nu-p-imúsan  
      then   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1plPOSS-den   1pl(>3)-ITER-go.see  
      Then people used to say, "Let’s go look at our dens!"
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

    7. púyava   tá   kun-piykáravar   eeráriiv-ak   kun-ithyúrurupuk  
      you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-finish.slaughtering   den-Locative   3pl(>3s)-drag.out  
      They finished killing it, they dragged it out of the den.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

    8. xás   iv'ávahkam   vúra   ivhara-tírih-shas   mûuk   u-yururâa-na-hi-tih  
      then   roof   Intensive   board-wide-PL   with.(by.means.of)   3s(>3)-raise.(long.object).up-PL.ACT-ESS-DUR  
      And the roof was put up with wide boards.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

    9. p-eev'ávahkam   ivhara-tírih-shas   u-yaakóo-hi-tih  
      the-roof   board-wide-PL   3s(>3)-put.(pl.).on-ESS-DUR  
      And broad boards were put on the roof.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text