Ararahih'urípih
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itxâarihva / itxâarihvu- to wake up; to open one's eyes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3439 | revised Aug 18 2015

itxâarihva / itxâarihvu- • V • to wake up; to open one's eyes

Derivation:  it-xaarih
look xaarih

Derivative (1)
itxâarihvavath "to wake (someone) up"

Source: WB 760, p.353

Note: Always pronounced with initial glottal stop.

  • itxâarihva kári. Time to wake up! [Reference: Richardson 1993:18]
  • koovúra takun'itxâarihvunaa. They all woke up. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (13)

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  1. tá   ni-'itxâarihvu-tih   mah'íitnihach  
    PERF   1s(>3)-open.eyes-DUR   early.morning  
    I woke up in the early morning.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Play

  2. mah'íitnihach   ni-'itxâarihva  
    early.morning   1s(>3)-open.eyes  
    I woke up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  3. tá   ni-'itxâarihvu-tih  
    PERF   1s(>3)-open.eyes-DUR  
    I woke up.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. t-i-txâarihva   hum  
    PERF-2s(>3)-open.eyes   or  
    Are you waking up?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  5. íkiich   ápap-kam   vaa   mi-'asímnaam   i-txâari-heen  
    maybe   one.side-side   that   2sPOSS-bed   2s(>3)-open.eyes-ANT  
    Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. naa   ni-txâarih  
    1sg.   1s(>3)-open.eyes  
    I woke up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. kúna   vúra   i-'asimchák-eesh   ík   xáyfaat   ík   i-txâarihva  
    in.addition   Intensive   2s(>3)-close.eyes-FUT   must   don't!   must   2s(>3)-open.eyes  
    But you must close your eyes, you mustn't open them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. yúkun   p-ee-'itxâarihv-ahaak   ôok   i-p-ishkákishrih-eesh  
    you.see   NOMZ-2s(>3)-open.eyes-when   here   2s(>3)-ITER-jump.and.land-FUT  
    If you open your eyes, you will land back here again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. kíri   vúra   yunâamich   ni-'itxâarihva  
    I.wish   Intensive   little.bit   1s(>3)-open.eyes  
    Let me open my eyes just a little!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás   vúra   yunâamich   u-'itxâarihva  
    then   Intensive   little.bit   3s(>3)-open.eyes  
    So he opened his eyes just a little.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás   u-píip   payêem   vúra   pu-na-'itxâarihv-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-say   now   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-open.eyes-FUT  
    And (Coyote) said, "Now I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. kári   xás   vúra   pu-'itxâarihv-ara  
    then   then   Intensive   NEG-open.eyes-NEG  
    And she didn't wake up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  13. máh'iit   kúkuum   tá   kun-itxâarihva  
    morning   again   PERF   3pl(>3s)-open.eyes  
    In the morning they woke up again.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text