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áasish / áasishrih- to lie down, to go to bed
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #52 | revised Oct 31 2014
áasish / áasishrih- • V • to lie down, to go to bed
Derivation: | ásiv-ish |
go.to.bed-down |
Source: WB 157.4, p.323
Note: With irreg. morphophonemics.
- âapun vúra kúnish u'asishrîihvuti xákarari vúra patu'úumahaak. It was like he pretty near lay down on the ground [in dancing] as he reached each end of the line.\rf KS42. Rabbit and Snow 010 [Reference: KT 153.30]
- xasík mupîimich ni'aasíshriheesh. I am going to lie down by her. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 034]
- xás kun'asíshriihvunaa. And they went to bed. [Reference: KT 153.30]
Sentence examples (15)
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u-xús chími kán-'aasish ôok p-eekmaháchraam 3s(>3)-think soon 1s(>3)-lie.down here the-sweathouse He thought: "Let me lie down here, in the sweathouse." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full textchavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u-'áasish patápriha-k vúra t-óo mchax tá pu-kunish kêena-tih-ara finally PERF little.while soon suddenly 3s(>3)-lie.down paved.floor-Locative Intensive PERF-3s(>3) get.hot PERF NEG-sort.of move-DUR-NEG Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move. Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full textnu ni-'áasish ni-kvíit-ha xás vúra fâatva ni-thítiv 1s(>3)-lie.down 1s(>3)-sleep then Intensive something 1s(>3)-hear When I was sleeping I heard something. Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playíp u-'áasishrih-at PAST 3s(>3)-lie.down-PAST She lay down. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playíp u-'áasishri-heen kúnish vaa pu-yáv ipmahóonkoona-tih-ara PAST 3s(>3)-lie.down-ANT sort.of that NEG-good feel-DUR-NEG She laid down, she wasn't feeling good. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playnaa payêem ni-'aasíshrih-eesh 1sg. now 1s(>3)-lie.down-FUT I'm going to lie down. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpayôok áasishrih right.here lie.down Lie down here! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playkoovúra nu-'áasishrih-inaa all 1pl(>3)-lie.down-PL We are all lying down. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás vaa káan ahup'iyvoorá-maam káan u-'áasish then so there woodpile-behind there 3s(>3)-lie.down And he lay down there behind the woodpile. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás ahúp-maam kúuk u-'uum xás u-'áasish then wood-behind to 3s(>3)-arrive then 3s(>3)-lie.down And he went behind the woodpile, and he lay down. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textxás pihnêefich u-'áasish naa tá ní-kviit-ha then coyote 3s(>3)-lie.down 1sg. PERF 1s(>3)-sleep Then Coyote lay down, (he said), "I'm going to sleep." Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full textxás asúuxar kun-'asíshriih-va then fasting 3pl(>3s)-lie.down-PL.ACT And they went to bed without eating. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textkári xás uum u-'áasish ahinám-tiimich then then 3.SG 3s(>3)-lie.down fireplace-very.edge And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textxás pa-'avansáxiitichas tá kun-'áasishrih then the-boy PERF 3pl(>3s)-lie.down The little boys had gone to bed. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás p-oo-vôonupuk káan u-'áasish then NOMZ-3s(>3)-leave.house there 3s(>3)-lie.down And when he came out (of the sweathouse), he lay down there. Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text