Ararahih'urípih
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imyáahti / imyahtiha- life

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2614 | revised Nov 17 2014

imyáahti / imyahtiha- • N • life

Derivation:  imyáahti-a  (= imyah-ti-a)
live-DEVERB  (= breathe-DUR-DEVERB)

Source: WB 618.3.1, p.346

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. koovúra   mí-myaahti   vaa   i-kupí-tih-eesh   fátaak   á'   i-kûuntakoo-vish  
    all   2sPOSS-life   so   2s(>3)-do-DUR-FUT   somewhere   above   2s(>3)-sit.(on)-FUT  
    All your life you will be doing that, you will sit on something above.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  2. hûutva   kóo   mí-myaahti   pa-t-i-'ív-ahaak   púra fâat   vúra   îin   aam-tíh-eesh-ara  
    somehow   as.much.as   2sPOSS-life   NOMZ-PERF-2s(>3)-die-when   nothing   Intensive   TOPIC   eat-DUR-FUT-NEG  
    All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   kun-ipêer   mí-myaahti   hûutva   kóo   mí-myaahti   vúra   iim   fátaak   asa-súruk   vaa   káan   i-'ifchíkinku-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   2sPOSS-life   somehow   as.much.as   2sPOSS-life   Intensive   2sg.   somewhere   rock-under   so   there   2s(>3)-be.stuck.onto-DUR-FUT  
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text