Ararahih'urípih
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iv / im- to die

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3441 | revised Nov 17 2014

iv / im- V • to die

Derivatives (8)
íimkar "to drown"
ívapuh "dead person"
íviruv "to be completely exhausted"
ivíthvaaykam "(in) front of the house"
ivkúkam "entrance way to a house"
ivmá'kukamich "back of the house"
ivpîimach "near the house"
ivshá'kukamich "just downhill from the house"

Source: WB 788, p.355

Note: Cf. táanva '(du.) to die', péeruunpa '(pl.) to die.' Note the idiom áthiik tu'iv 'he's cold' with áthiik 'cold'.

  • támit u'ívat panani'ákah. My father is dead. [Reference: KV]
  • paáraar uum pu'ipítihara pamú'arama múthvuy patu'ívahaak. The Indian doesn't say his child's name when it dies. [Reference: WB G143.6]


Sentence examples (27)

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  1. támit   u-'ív-at  
    already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    "He died."
    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. pa-niní-pshiih   áthiik   t-u-'ív-ahaak   vaa   kári   vúra   pu-na-'áhoo-tih-ara  
    the-1sPOSS-leg   cold   PERF-3s(>3)-die-when   so   then   Intensive   NEG-1s(>3)-go-DUR-NEG  
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xâatik   vúra   uum   vúra   hárivari   u-'ív-ahaak  
    it's.better   Intensive   3.SG   Intensive   when   3s(>3)-die-when  
    "Just let him be, whenever he may die.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  4. vaa   kumá'ii   pa-xáas   t-u-'iv   pu-'uum   vúra   fâat   kuma-kêemish   áam-tih-an  
    so   because.of   NOMZ-almost   PERF-3s(>3)-die   NEG-3.SG   Intensive   what   3sPOSS-something.dangerous   eat-DUR-Participial  
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  5. ayu’âach   púfaat   pa-'ávansa   iináak   pa-nini-'ákah   uum   támit   u-'ív-at  
    it.was.because   nothing   the-man   placename   the-1sPOSS-father   3.SG   already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  6. pa-'áraar   uum   pu--tih-ara   pa--'arama   -thvuy   pa-t-u-'ív-ahaak  
    the-human   3.SG   NEG-say-DUR-NEG   the-3sPOSS-child   3sPOSS-name   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-die-when  
    The Indian did not say his child's name when it died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  7. káru   vúra   koovúra   pa-mu-'áraar-as      kun-'ív-ahaak   pu--tih-ara   mukun-'íthvuy  
    also   Intensive   all   NOMZ-3sPOSS-relative-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-die-when   NEG-say-DUR-NEG   3plPOSS-name  
    And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  8. xás   vúra   chími   u-'ív-eesh   kóova   t-u-vaxráhchak  
    then   Intensive   soon   3s(>3)-die-FUT   so   PERF-3s(>3)-have.throat.close.up  
    And he was about to die, he was so thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  9. káan   pihnêefich   ú-krii   mu-yeeripáxvu   xákaan   kun-'iin   mu-hrôoha   támit   u-'ív-at  
    there   coyote   3s(>3)-live   3sPOSS-adolescent.girl   both   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   3sPOSS-wife   already.in.the.past   3s(>3)-die-PAST  
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  10. vaa   kích   u--ti   pa-kéevniikich   yôotva   t-u-'iv   pa-nani-'íkam  
    so   only   3s(>3)-say-DUR   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   hurray!   PERF-3s(>3)-die   the-1sPOSS-son-in-law  
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, he's dead, my son-in-law."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  11. vaa   kích   u--tih   pa-kéevniikich   yôotva   t-u-'ív   pa-nani-'íkam  
    so   only   3s(>3)-say-DUR   the-old.woman.(dimin.)   hurray!   PERF-3s(>3)-die   the-1sPOSS-son-in-law  
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, my son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. iinâak   vaa   kích   u-thítiim-ti   p-oo-pakurîihvu-ti   yôotva   t-u-'iiv'íiv   íkamish   t-u-'iiv'íiv  
    indoors   so   only   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR   hurray!   PERF-3s(>3)-die   son-in-law.(dimin.)   PERF-3s(>3)-die  
    Inside he just heard her singing, "Hurray, he's dead, son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. xás   âanxus   u-pêer   pa-pu-'imáan   ív-ahaak   xáat   pa-niní-'arama   ihrôoha  
    then   weasel   3s(>3)-say.to   NOMZ-NEG-tomorrow   die-when   may   the-1sPOSS-child   wife  
    And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  14. xás   pa-keechxâach   u-'iv  
    then   the-widow.(old)   3s(>3)-die  
    So the widow died.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  15. xás   u-pêer   pa-mu-kîit   p-ee-máh-aak   nani-píkvas   t-óo   kyívunih      ni-'iv  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to   the-3sPOSS-maternal.grand-relative.through.woman   the-2s(>3)-see-when   1sPOSS-plume   PERF-3s(>3)   fall.downward   PERF   1s(>3)-die  
    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  16. xás   vúra   ii   xáas   vúra   u-kyívuni   pa-mu-píkvas   t-óo   xus   ii   t-u-'iv  
    then   Intensive   oh!   almost   Intensive   3s(>3)-fall.downward   the-3sPOSS-plume   PERF-3s(>3)   think   oh!   PERF-3s(>3)-die  
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  17. xás   u-piip   yôotva   u-'iv   yôotva   u-'iv   yôotva   u-'iv  
    then   3s(>3)-say   hurray!   3s(>3)-die   hurray!   3s(>3)-die   hurray!   3s(>3)-die  
    And he said, "Hurray, he's dead, hurray, he's dead, hurray, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  18. xás   u-xus   chími   ni-'ív-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-think   soon   1s(>3)-die-FUT  
    (Weasel was again sent by an old man to fight a monster. The monster was getting the better of Weasel.) And he thought, "I'm going to die."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  19. hûutva   kóo   -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
  20. kári   xás   kin-ipéer   pa-'áraar   t-u-'ív-ahaak   vaa   ík   apmántiim   ku-yvúruk-tih-eesh  
    then   then   3pl>3pl-say.to   NOMZ-human   PERF-3s(>3)-die-when   that   must   lip   2pl(>3)-rub-DUR-FUT  
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  21. víri   chavúra   pu-'áraar   iim-tih-ara   chavúra   p-eethívthaaneen   u-p-áxyar   pa-'áraar  
    so   finally   NEG-human   die-DUR-NEG   finally   the-land   3s(>3)-ITER-fill   the-human  
    Finally no person died, finally the people filled up the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  22. vaa   kári   xás   vúra   kun-'íim-ti   p-oo-fíipha   pa-'áama  
    so   then   then   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-die-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-be.all.gone   the-salmon  
    Then when the salmon was all gone, they died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  23. t-u-'iipkúrih-ar   xáat   káru   ni-'iv  
    PERF-3s(>3)-dive-go.to   may   also   1s(>3)-die  
    He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  24. imáan   u-máh   u-tháaniv   vúra   kári   ú-ksaah-tih   káruma   t-u-'ív-aheen  
    tomorrow   3s(>3)-see   3s(>3)-sit   Intensive   then   3s(>3)-laugh-DUR   in.fact   PERF-3s(>3)-die-ANT  
    The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text