Ararahih'urípih
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íithra / íithri- (a filled container or its contents) to be sitting, lying, standing, to be; (liquid) to be at rest, to be lying

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1711 | revised Oct 31 2014

íithra / íithri- • V • (a filled container or its contents) to be sitting, lying, standing, to be; (liquid) to be at rest, to be lying

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 769, p.354

  • yánava káan ukrámkaam u'íithra. He saw there was a big lake there. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 026]
  • peethívthaaneen aas upiithránik. Water collected on the earth. [Reference: WB T56.1]

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  1. yaaf   kun-'íithra  
    acorn.dough   3pl(>3s)-lie.(liquid)  
    The acorn dough filled the container.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  2. kári   xas   u-piip   “ûunuhich   t-u-'íithra   pa-xuun  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   long.time   PERF-3s(>3)-lie.(liquid)   the-acorn.soup  
    Then (the woman) said: “For a long time it was in there [in a basket cup], the acorn soup.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  3. ayu'âach   u-xaat   ûunuhich   t-u-'íithra  
    it.was.because   3s(>3)-rot   long.time   PERF-3s(>3)-lie.(liquid)  
    “Of course it is rotten, it has been in there a long time.”
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text

  4. yukún   vaa   káan   á'   u-'íithra   murax-'ipaha-'ípan  
    you.see   that   there   above   3s(>3)-lie.(liquid)   slippery-tree-end  
    He's up there at the top of a slippery tree."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  5. xás   kaanvári   kun-ihmárava   yánava   ukrám-kaam   u-'íithra  
    then   in.that.direction   3pl(>3s)-run.to.there.(pl.)   visible   lake-large   3s(>3)-lie.(liquid)  
    Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  6. pe-ethívthaaneen   aas   u-p-iithr-ánik  
    the-land   water   3s(>3)-ITER-lie.(liquid)-ANC  
    Water collected on the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  7. púyava   pá-'aas   u-p-iithr-ánik  
    you.see   the-water   3s(>3)-ITER-lie.(liquid)-ANC  
    So the water collected.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text