Ararahih'urípih
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ihêer / ihêera- to smoke (tobacco)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1531 | revised Oct 31 2014

ihêer / ihêera- • V • to smoke (tobacco)

Derivatives (22; show derivatives)

Source: WB 417, p.336; TK 44.37

  • xâat vaa ára uhêer ... Even if a person smokes it ... [Reference: TK 47.11]
  • kári xás upiip, matêe kuvaan, kanpihêen. He said, "matêe kuvaan, let me have a smoke!" [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 032]

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  1. pu-'ikpíhan-hara   pa-sah-ihêeraha   xáat   vaa   ár   u-hêer  
    NEG-strong-NEG   the-downhill-tobacco   may   that   person   3s(>3)-smoke  
    That river tobacco is not strong, if a person smokes it.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  2. áraar   uum   vúra   pu-'ihêera-tih-ara   pa-sah-ihêeraha  
    human   3.SG   Intensive   NEG-smoke-DUR-NEG   the-downhill-tobacco  
    The Indians never smoke it, that river tobacco.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text

  3. p-eheerahá-saan   tiníhyaach-as   vaa   pa-kun-'ihêera-tih  
    the-tobacco-leaf   quite.wide-PL   that   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-smoke-DUR  
    The tobacco leaves are widish ones; those are what they smoke.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  4. ni-hêera-tih  
    1s(>3)-smoke-DUR  
    I am smoking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  5. naa   ni-hêera-tih  
    1sg.   1s(>3)-smoke-DUR  
    I smoke.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  6. naa   vúra   itíhaan   pa-ni-hêera-tih  
    1sg.   Intensive   always   NOMZ-1s(>3)-smoke-DUR  
    I always smoke.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  7. naa   vúra   itíhaan   ni-hêera-tih  
    1sg.   Intensive   always   1s(>3)-smoke-DUR  
    I am always smoking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  8. naa   pu-nee-hêera-tih-ara  
    1sg.   NEG-1s(>3)-smoke-DUR-NEG  
    I do not smoke.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  9. naa   ni-hêera-tih  
    1sg.   1s(>3)-smoke-DUR  
    I am smoking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  10. kári   xás   u-píip   matêe   kuvaan   kan-p-ihéen  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   later   kuvaan   1s(>3)-ITER-smoke  
    He said, "matêe kuvaan, let me have a smoke!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  11. púyava   xás   kári   t-u-héer  
    you.see   then   then   PERF-3s(>3)-smoke  
    Then she smoked.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  12. kári   xás   u-p-ikrîish   u-p-ihéer   sahíshyuuxach  
    then   then   3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down   3s(>3)-ITER-smoke   rabbit  
    Then Rabbit sat back down and smoked.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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  13. kári   xás   u-p-ikrîish   xás   u-p-ihéer  
    then   then   3s(>3)-ITER-sit.down   then   3s(>3)-ITER-smoke  
    Then she sat back down and took a smoke.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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