Ararahih'urípih
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víish / víishrih- to come down, to descend

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6527 | revised Jan 22 2016

víish / víishrih- • V • to come down, to descend

Derivation:  va-ish
go-down

Derivative (1)
iruvíish "(pl.) to descend"

Source: WB 1513.12, p.393

Note: The alternant vîish is not glottalized before pause. Note idioms: imfír tuvîish '(object) it's hot', imcháx tuvîish '(weather) it's hot', éexrih tuvîish 'there's a famine' (KV).

  • tanupirúviish. We came back down. [Reference: KV]
  • ikakrihákaam tuvîish. There's going to be a big frost. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 367]

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  1. xás   yíth   u-píip   áthiik   t-u-vîish   chími   nu-ptaamáax-i  
    then   other   3s(>3)-say   cold   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down   soon   1pl(>3)-stoke.(fire)-IMPER  
    Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. chavúra   pâanpay   imfir   t-u-vîish  
    finally   after.while   hot   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down  
    Then after a while it got hot.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. vúra   uum   puxich   imfir   t-u-vîish  
    Intensive   3.SG   very.much   hot   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down  
    Then it got awfully hot.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. xás   astíip   u-vîish  
    then   shore   3s(>3)-come.down  
    So he went down to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   kun-p-irúviish   pa-'asiktávaan-sa  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-ITER-descend.(pl.)   the-woman-PL  
    Then the women came back down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  6. éexri   t-u-vîishrih  
    rainbow   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down  
    Famine descended (on the people).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  7. imáankam   kun-p-irúviishrih  
    next.day   3pl(>3s)-ITER-descend.(pl.)  
    The next day they came back down.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  8. pa-fatavéenaan   p-oo-'ípak-ahaak   ikxúrar   t-óo   p-víishrih   xás   vúra   pa-'áraar   tá   kun-'íran-va  
    the-priest.in.world-renewal   NOMZ-3s(>3)-come.back-when   evening   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-come.down   then   Intensive   the-human   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.to.pikyavish-PL.ACT  
    When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text