Ararahih'urípih
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asímchak to close one's eyes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #662 | revised May 07 2014

asímchak • V • to close one's eyes

Derivation:  ásiv-chak
go.to.bed-closing.up

Derivative (1)
asimchákchakveenach "wren"

Source: WB 157.2, p.323; JPH ani 06:836

  • tani'asímchak xás tánihyiv. I shut my eyes and then I holler. [Reference: FS 27. Coyote Hollers for Bread. 012]
  • chími asimchâaki. Shut your eyes! [Reference: KT 138b.16]

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  1. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   pa-pihnêefich   i-'asímchaak-tih-eesh   ik  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   the-coyote   2s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR-FUT   must  
    And they told Coyote, "You must keep your eyes closed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. púyava   chavúra   tá   yíiv   vúrava   u-'asímchaak-tih  
    you.see   finally   PERF   far   just   3s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR  
    So finally he kept his eyes closed like that for a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. vaa   ík   vúra   i-'asímchaak-tih-eesh  
    that   must   Intensive   2s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR-FUT  
    You will have to keep your eyes closed like that."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  4. ta'ítam   kúkuum   u-'asimchák-aheen  
    so   again   3s(>3)-close.eyes-ANT  
    Then (Coyote) closed his eyes again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. kúna   vúra   i-'asimchák-eesh   ík   xáyfaat   ík   i-txâarihva  
    in.addition   Intensive   2s(>3)-close.eyes-FUT   must   don't!   must   2s(>3)-open.eyes  
    But you must close your eyes, you mustn't open them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. xás   pihnêefich   uum   ú-yruuhriv   u-'asímchaak-tih  
    then   coyote   3.SG   3s(>3)-(sg.).lie   3s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR  
    Coyote lay (there), he kept his eyes closed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. xás   vúra   t-u-'ûuri   p-óo-yruuhriv   p-oo-'asímchaak-tih  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-be.unwilling   NOMZ-3s(>3)-(sg.).lie   NOMZ-3s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR  
    And he got tired lying (there), keeping his eyes closed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   vúra   ík   i-'asímchaak-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   Intensive   must   2s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR-FUT  
    And they told him, "You must keep your eyes closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  9. payêem   ík   vúra   i-'asímchaak-tih-eesh  
    now   must   Intensive   2s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR-FUT  
    This time you must keep your eyes closed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  10. kári   xás   u-xús   chími   vúra   kan-'asimchâak-i  
    then   then   3s(>3)-think   soon   Intensive   1s(>3)-close.eyes-IMPER  
    Then he thought, "Let me just close my eyes!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  11. púyava   pa-tá   ni-'iik   xás   tá   ni-'asímchak  
    you.see   NOMZ-PERF   1s(>3)-hit   then   PERF   1s(>3)-close.eyes  
    When I struck, I closed my eyes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  12. nu-'asímchaak-tih  
    1pl(>3)-close.eyes-DUR  
    We kept our eyes closed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text