Ararahih'urípih
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ishvit / ishvita- piece, part, half

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3156 | revised Feb 10 2015

ishvit / ishvita- • N • piece, part, half

Derivation:  ishvit-a
detach-DEVERB

Derivatives (7)
apsun'íshvit "placename, where the whirlpool is at the mouth of the Salmon River"
araréeshvit "halfbreed"
axakyaníshvit "one half"
ikxanam'íshviitach "a little piece of the night"
ishvíitach "small woodpecker scalp, in which the red comes only halfway to the bill"
ishvit'áraar "halfbreed"
ishvit'ishrávar "half Scott Valley Indian"

Source: WB 739.1, p.352; JPH mat 07:498

  • ishvít iváxrah kuníkyav. They dried half of it. [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 083]
  • tâak ishvit! 'Give me half! Give me a piece!' [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 403]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. ishvitá-va   aaxkúnish  
    piece-INDEF   red  
    Part of it was red colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. p-eheeraha-'íppa   pa-kóo   u-thvúy-ttiih-va   pa-mu-shvitá-va  
    the-tobacco-tree   the-all   3s(>3)-be.named-DUR-PL.ACT   the-3sPOSS-piece-INDEF  
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. pa-mu-shvitá-va  
    the-3sPOSS-piece-INDEF  
    its various parts or pieces
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. ishvít   kóo   t-u-'uum  
    piece   as.much.as   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    He arrived as far as half-way (up the tree).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  5. pa-mukún-tiik   ishvít   kóo   aas   kun-'áak-kurih-tih   pa-kun-'axaychákishrih-tih  
    the-3plPOSS-hand   piece   as.much.as   water   3pl(>3s)-do.with.hands-into.water-DUR   the-3pl(>3s)-grab-DUR  
    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text