Ararahih'urípih
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ithéeshyav all winter

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3246 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithéeshyav • ADV • all winter

Derivation:  yítha íshyaav
one winter

  • ithéeshyaav uparíshriihva. He twined strings for a whole winter. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 006]

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  1. xás   vúrava   ithéeshyav   koovúra   áhup   t-óo   kyav  
    then   just   all.winter   all   wood   PERF-3s(>3)   make  
    He gathered wood for the whole winter.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
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  2. ithéeshyav   u-paríshriihva  
    all.winter   3s(>3)-twine  
    He twined a whole winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. úma   vaa   u-kúphaa-nik   pá-mitva   ithéeshyav   u-paríshriihva   an-tunvêech  
    emphatic(?)   so   3s(>3)-do-ANC   NOMZ-former   all.winter   3s(>3)-twine   string-small.(pl.)  
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text