Ararahih'urípih
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áasiv cave, overhanging rock

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #53 | revised Jun 26 2014

áasiv N • cave, overhanging rock

Derivative (1)
asivtíshraam "placename near Clear Creek"

Source: WB 158, p.323

  • xás asivshúruk su' utápichkaa. Then he slipped in under a rock. [Reference: KM 27.33]
  • yukún vúra uum xára takun'íchunva áasiv. For a long time they had hidden in a cave. [Reference: WB T58.4]


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  1. xas   asiv-súruk   su'   u-tápichkaa  
    then   cave-under   inside   3s(>3)-slip.to  
    Then he slipped in under a rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. apsunmunukich   xas   u-párihishrih-anik   vaa   vura   kaan   asiv-súruk   u-tápichkaa-nik  
    racer.snake   then   3s(>3)-be.transformed-ANC   so   Intensive   there   cave-under   3s(>3)-slip.to-ANC  
    Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  3. sáruk   xás   asiv-shúnukich   u-tápichkaa  
    downhill   then   cave-beneath.(dimin.)   3s(>3)-slip.to  
    He slipped downhill under an overhanging rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  4. yukún   vúra   uum   xára      kun-'íchunva   áasiv  
    you.see   Intensive   3.SG   long.time   PERF   3pl(>3s)-hide.oneself   cave  
    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  5. vaa   ík   káan   i-'uum-êesh   -mita   nu-'ínoohvoo-tih-irak   pa-'aasív-ak  
    so   must   there   2s(>3)-arrive-FUT   NOMZ-near.past   1pl(>3)-stay.all.the.time.(pl.)-DUR-where   the-cave-Locative  
    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text