Ararahih'urípih
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ikyívunih to fall downward

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2380 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyívunih • V • to fall downward

Derivation:  ikyiv-unih
fall-down

  • ipvûunihi, xáy ikyívunih. Come back down, you might fall down! [Reference: Nettie Reuben, "Bullhead & Kunâach'aa", 1950a:18.]
  • peemáhaak, nanipíkvas tookyívunih, táni'iv. When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 009]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. akvaat   t-óo   kyívunih  
    raccoon   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.downward  
    The raccoon fell down.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
    Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play

  2. akvaat   fátaak   u-kyívunih  
    raccoon   somewhere   3s(>3)-fall.downward  
    The raccoon fell out of the tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  3. xás   u-p-ikyívunih  
    then   3s(>3)-ITER-fall.downward  
    But it fell back down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás   u-pêer   pa-mu-kîit   p-ee-máh-aak   nani-píkvas   t-óo   kyívunih   tá   ni-'iv  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   the-2s(>3)-see-when   1sPOSS-plume   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.downward   PERF   1s(>3)-die  
    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  5. xás   vúra   ii   xáas   vúra   u-kyívuni   pa-mu-píkvas   t-óo   xus   ii   t-u-'iv  
    then   Intensive   oh!   almost   Intensive   3s(>3)-fall.downward   the-3sPOSS-plume   PERF-3s(>3)   think   oh!   PERF-3s(>3)-die  
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  6. xás   u-kúniihka   u-kyívunih  
    then   3s(>3)-shoot.at   3s(>3)-fall.downward  
    Then they shot (a squirrel), (and) it fell down.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  7. p-oo-'áaksur   pirishkâarim   sáruk   u-ikyívunih  
    NOMZ-3s(>3)-release..(arrow)   grizzly   downhill   3s(>3)-fall.downward  
    When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  8. yiimúsich   kúna   uum   táma   u-p-ikyívunih  
    little.ways.off   in.addition   3.SG   then   3s(>3)-ITER-fall.downward  
    But it fell down again just a little ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  9. yiimúsich   ník   t-u-'uum   kári   t-u-p-ikyívunih  
    little.ways.off   a.little   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   then   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-fall.downward  
    It went a little ways, then it fell down again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text