Ararahih'urípih
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íinva / íinvu- to burn; to be a forest fire

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1682 | revised Oct 31 2014

íinva / íinvu- • V • to burn; to be a forest fire

Derivation:  iin-va
burn-PL.ACT

Derivatives (2)
íinva "forest fire"
ínvaan "type of caterpillar"

Source: WB 622.2, p.347; JPH ani 06:765

  • pávaa káan tu'iinváhaak ... When it burns over ... [Reference: TK 80.2]
  • yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay, úmkuufhinaati, u'iinvúnaati. He saw that there were a lot of fires in the mountains, a lot of smokes, a lot of forest fires. [Reference: WB T10.22]

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  1. xás   u-píip   chími   kám-'iinv-i   mú-'aavkam  
    then   3s(>3)-say   soon   3s(>3)-burn-IMPER   3sPOSS-ahead  
    And he said, "Let there be a forest fire in front of him!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás   pa-káan   u-'úum   yánava   vúra   áh-taay   má'ninay   ú-mkuufhi-naa-tih   u-'iinvú-naa-tih  
    then   NOMZ-there   3s(>3)-arrive   visible   Intensive   fire-much   high.mountain.country   3s(>3)-give.off.smoke-PL-DUR   3s(>3)-burn-PL-DUR  
    And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text