Ararahih'urípih
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ithvuy / ithvuya- a name

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3322 | revised Feb 12 2015

ithvuy / ithvuya- • N • a name

Derivation:  ithvuy-a
be.named-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
ithvuyxâaha "to care, to be sorry, to grieve, to mourn"

Source: WB 778.1, p.354

  • peheeraha'ípa mupikutunváramoo, káru koovúra pamúthvuy... the parts of a plant, and all their names... [Reference: TK 47.22]

Sentence examples (17)

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  1. kóova   u-thvuyxâah-anik   pa-mu-yáfus  
    so   3s(>3)-care-ANC   the-3sPOSS-dress  
    She felt so sad about her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. p-eheeraha-'íppa   mu-p-ikyutunvá-ra-muu   káru   koovúra   pa-mú-thvuy  
    the-tobacco-tree   3sPOSS-ITER-between.joint-here-to   also   all   the-3sPOSS-name  
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. mú-thvuy   uum   Leslie  
    3sPOSS-name   3.SG   Leslie  
    Her name is Leslie.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  4. naní-thvuy   uum   Andrew  
    1sPOSS-name   3.SG   Andrew  
    My name is Andrew.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  5. pa-mí-thvuy   uum   Vina  
    the-2sPOSS-name   3.SG   Vina  
    Your name is Vina.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  6. hûut   mí-thvuy  
    how   2sPOSS-name  
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  7. naní-thvuy   uum   Vina  
    1sPOSS-name   3.SG   Vina  
    My name is Vina.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  8. hûut   iim   mí-thvuy  
    how   2sg.   2sPOSS-name  
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  9. hûut   pa-mí-thvuy  
    how   the-2sPOSS-name  
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  10. pa-'áraar   uum   pu-pí-tih-ara   pa-mú-'arama   mú-thvuy   pa-t-u-'ív-ahaak  
    the-human   3.SG   NEG-say-DUR-NEG   the-3sPOSS-child   3sPOSS-name   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-die-when  
    The Indian did not say his child's name when it died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  11. káru   vúra   koovúra   pa-mu-'áraar-as   tá   kun-'ív-ahaak   pu-pí-tih-ara   mukun-'íthvuy  
    also   Intensive   all   NOMZ-3sPOSS-relative-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-die-when   NEG-say-DUR-NEG   3plPOSS-name  
    And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  12. xás   hâari   tá   kun-ip-íthvuuymath   míta   pa-kêemish   mú-thvuy  
    then   sometime   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-name.(someone)   near.past   the-deceased.person   3sPOSS-name  
    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  13. víri-va   kári   uum   tá   kun-ipí-ti   p-eethvuy   vúra   pu-húun-hara  
    so-so   then   3.SG   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   the-name   Intensive   NEG-harmful-NEG  
    Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  14. xás   hâari   vúra   ára   pu-xú-tih-ara   víri   vúra   t-óo   piip   p-eethvuy  
    then   sometime   Intensive   person   NEG-think-DUR-NEG   so   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   say   the-name  
    Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  15. kóova   u-thvuyxâaha   pa-mú-yuup   axváha   mûuk   kun-ip-táxvah  
    so   3s(>3)-care   the-3sPOSS-eye   pitch   with.(by.means.of)   3pl(>3s)-ITER-seal.shut  
    She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  16. xás   koovúra   t-u-p-ipshinvárihva   p-éethvuy   ípa   kun-ípeer-at   ikvan  
    then   all   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-forget   the-name   PAST   3pl(>3s)-say.to-PAST   buy  
    And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  17. xás   payêem   vaa   vúra   mukun-'íthvuy   rúup  
    then   now   so   Intensive   3plPOSS-name   ?  
    And now (his descendants') name is Rube.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text