Ararahih'urípih
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áfiv / afiva- bottom, base (of anything)

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lexicon ID #146 | revised Oct 31 2014

áfiv / afiva- • N • bottom, base (of anything)

Derivation:  áfiv-a
make.bottom-DEVERB

Derivatives (7)
áfivarih "toward the base"
afivîich "the very bottom"
afiviichvárih "toward the very bottom"
afivtínihich "a plant, blue-eyed grass"
axich'áfiv "a plant, willow dock"
thuxriv'áfiv "bottom of a bag"
vuutrava'áfiv "testicles"

Note: The dimin. is afivîich '(the) very bottom'.

  • ma'kêech tuyshipree'áfiv veekxaréeyav ukúphaanik. The ikxaréeyav from the foot of Shelton Butte did it. [Reference: WB 24.1, p. 314; TK 48.21]
  • áfiv vúra úmyaat-hiti, ávahkam takuntáfir. (An elk testicle pipe sack) is hairy at the base, they shave off the upper part. [Reference: TK 196.16]

See áfiv 'to make the bottom'

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. xas   u-píip   "vup-'áfiv   tákurukriv-an   hitíhaan   íp   na-páknitsurun-at  
    then   3s(>3)-say   "neck-bottom   be.in.coil-Participial   always   PAST   2s/3s>1s-pluck.off-PAST  
    And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. afiv-'ávahkam   a'-vánihich   vaa   p-oo-pírish-hi-ti   pa-mu-'iheerahá-saan   áfiv   uum   vúra   pirísh-iipux  
    bottom-over   high-DIM   that   NOMZ-3s(>3)-plant-DENOM-DUR   the-3sPOSS-tobacco-leaf   bottom   3.SG   Intensive   plant-without  
    Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  3. áfee-r   tá   kun-vítrip   vaa   uum   pu-kúkuum   p-íif-tih-ara   pá-vaa   kun-'îinish-tih-aak   pa-yúux   u-xéetchich-hi-tih  
    bottom-having   PERF   3pl(>3s)-pull.up.(weeds)   so   3.SG   NEG-again   ITER-grow-DUR-NEG   the-that   3pl(>3s)-come.into.existence-DUR-when   the-dirt   3s(>3)-soft-DENOM-DUR  
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  4. xás   pa-pihnîich   u-piip   pa-nini-vup-'áfiv   vaa   káan   u-takurukíshriih-va   víri-va   t-óo   kyiimshur  
    then   the-old.man   3s(>3)-say   the-1sPOSS-neck-bottom   so   there   3s(>3)-curl.up-PL.ACT   so-PL.ACT   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.off  
    And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text