Ararahih'urípih
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ithvúuymath to name (someone), to give as a name to (someone)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3320 | revised Feb 12 2015

ithvúuymath • V • to name (someone), to give as a name to (someone)

Derivation:  ithvuy-math
be.named-CAUS

Source: WB 778.3, p.354

  • xás hâari takunpíthvuuymath míta pakêemish múthvuy. And sometimes they give him the name of the dead relative. [Reference: WB G143.19]

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  1. xás   hâari   tá   kun-ip-íthvuuymath   míta   pa-kêemish   mú-thvuy  
    then   sometime   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-name.(someone)   near.past   the-deceased.person   3sPOSS-name  
    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  2. xás   vaa   vúra   u-p-íthvuuymath   rúup  
    then   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-ITER-name.(someone)   ?  
    So they named him Rube.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text