Ararahih'urípih
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síinvar / síinvara- to drown

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5377 | revised Jul 01 2015

síinvar / síinvara- • V • to drown

Literally: 'to disappear in through'

Derivation:  sir-vara
disappear-in.through

Derivatives (3)
axnatsinvanahíchkaam "rose sp."
axnatsinvanáhiich "wild rose"
sinvanáhiich "California poppy"

Source: WB 1234.5, p.380

  • xáyfaat ixuús xâatik usíinvar. Don't let him drown! (Lit. Don't think, 'Let him drown!') [Reference: KV]
  • usíinvar. He drowned. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 090]

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. u-síinvar  
    3s(>3)-drown  
    He drowned.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. eee   xás   u-xú-ti   pihnêefich   yáas   naa   ni-xú-ti   tá   ni-shíinvar  
    oh!   then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   coyote   then   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   PERF   1s(>3)-drown  
    "Ah," Coyote thought then, "now I think I've drowned."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. xás   u-síinvar  
    then   3s(>3)-drown  
    And he drowned.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. mít   kun-íp-aat   t-óo   síinvar   kahyúras  
    near.past   3pl(>3s)-say-PAST   PERF-3s(>3)   drown   Klamath.Lakes  
    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás   u-síinvar  
    then   3s(>3)-drown  
    And he drowned.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   u-piip   yítha   pa-'ifápiit   ii!   íf   êev   sishanayâamach   t-óo   síinvar  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   one   the-young.unmarried.woman   oh!   truly   greeting.to.women   pretty.one.having.a.penis   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás   kun-pínaa   vaa   kích   vúra   pa-kun-ipí-tih   sishanayâamach   t-óo   síinvar  
    then   3pl(>3s)-come.(pl.)   that   only   Intensive   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   pretty.one.having.a.penis   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  8. hínu páy   uum   ithyáruk   t-óo   kvíriproov   káruma   uum   kun-xú-tih   t-óo   síinvar  
    surprise   3.SG   across   PERF-3s(>3)   run.upriver.from.here   in.fact   3.SG   3pl(>3s)-think-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  9. vúra   hâari   t-óo-síinvar   hâari   tá   pu-p-itnúprih-v-ara  
    Intensive   sometime   PERF-3s(>3)-drown   sometime   PERF   NEG-ITER-look.through-ESS-NEG  
    Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text