Ararahih'urípih
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iyúunkirih to put (a long object) in fire

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lexicon ID #3616 | revised Apr 20 2015

iyúunkirih • V • to put (a long object) in fire

Derivation:  iyur-kírih
put.(long.object)-into.fire

  • peefmâarahaak xáyfaat ík asxay'áhup íyuunkirihti, ayu'âach pamihrooha'îin i'iitsúreeshap. When you get married, you mustn't put green wood in the fire, because your wife will leave you. [Reference: KV]
  • xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkurih pamuxvâah. Then he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace. [Reference: KT 125b.14]

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  1. xás   áhup   kun-íyuunkir   ikmahachram'áhup  
    then   wood   3pl(>3s)-put.(long.object).in.fire   sweathouse.wood  
    They they put wood on the fire, sweathouse-wood.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. xás   u-'êechip   xás   ahíram-ak   ú-yuunkuri   pa-mu-xváa   achvúun   atipimámvaan   mu-xvâa   u-kimfíruraa-nik  
    then   3s(>3)-pick.up   then   fireplace-Locative   3s(>3)-put.(long.object).in.fire   the-3sPOSS-head   hookbill.salmon   buzzard   3sPOSS-head   3s(>3)-burn.off.(hair)-ANC  
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text