Ararahih'urípih
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íinva forest fire

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1683 | revised Aug 01 2014

íinva • N • forest fire

Derivation:  íinva-a  (= iin-va-a)
burn-DEVERB  (= burn-PL.ACT-DEVERB)

Source: WB 622.2.1, p. 347

  • tu'invákaamha. There was a big forest fire. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 030]

Sentence examples (6)


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  1. t-u-'íinva  
    PERF-3s(>3)-forest.fire  
    It is burning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  2. t-u-'invá-kaam-ha  
    PERF-3s(>3)-forest.fire-large-DENOM  
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. vúra   t-u-'invá-kaam-ha  
    Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-forest.fire-large-DENOM  
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. vúra   t-u-'invá-kaam-ha  
    Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-forest.fire-large-DENOM  
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. yánava   káan   u-'íinva-hi-tih  
    visible   there   3s(>3)-forest.fire-DENOM-DUR  
    He saw there was a forest fire there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   u-mah   yánava   ôok   u-'iinvá-hi-tih  
    then   then   3s(>3)-see   visible   here   3s(>3)-forest.fire-DENOM-DUR  
    And he saw it, he saw there was a forest fire here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text