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tháaniv / tháanim- (inanimate object) to sit, be; (animal or person) to lie, to be dead
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lexicon ID #5845 | revised Dec 29 2015
tháaniv / tháanim- • V • (inanimate object) to sit, be; (animal or person) to lie, to be dead
Derivation: | thar-riv |
put-at.rest |
Derivative (1)
iptháaniv "to lie around; to be laid up (with an injury)"
Source: WB 1426.1, p.388
- panámniik ára tootháaniv. There's a person lying at Orleans; i.e., someone's been killed at Orleans. [Reference: KV]
- xás vúra puyíthaxay káan thaanêera. And not a single (piece of furniture) was there. [Reference: WB T4.137]
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yánava ikuk káan u-tháaniv visible log there 3s(>3)-sit Then I saw the log lying there. Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full textyánava káan u-tháaniv kêeshich-as vêeshur visible there 3s(>3)-sit bigger-PL horn There he lay, a big buck. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textpa-'íish ôokmas páy yítha u-tháaniv the-flesh here.and.there this one 3s(>3)-sit The meat was lying all around. Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full textée if ôok asa-yâamach u-tháaniv oh! truly here rock-pretty 3s(>3)-sit "Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textyánava pa-kúhar u-tháaniv visible the-sick.person 3s(>3)-sit Behold the sick one was lying there. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textipít íp îikam pûuvish u-tháaniv. yesterday PAST outdoors bag 3s(>3)-sit. Yesterday there was a bag outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playipít íp pûuvish îikam u-tháaniv. yesterday PAST bag outdoors 3s(>3)-sit. Yesterday there was a bag outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playipít îikam páah u-tháaniv. yesterday outdoors boat 3s(>3)-sit. Yesterday there was a boat outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playchishíih îikam u-tháaniv dog outdoors 3s(>3)-sit There was a dog lying down outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-nani-chíshiih îikam ú-tháaniv the-1sPOSS-dog outdoors 3s(>3)-sit My dog is lying outside. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playfâat u-tháaniv káan pee-mpaah what 3s(>3)-sit there the-trail What is lying on the road? Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playimpaah pa-pûuvish u-tháaniv trail the-bag 3s(>3)-sit There's a bag lying in the road. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpa-púsihich káan u-tháaniv asímnaam the-cat.(dimin.) there 3s(>3)-sit bed The cat is lying on the bed. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playasímnaam u-tháaniv bed 3s(>3)-sit It is lying on the bed. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playáxak pa-'ápsuun vaa káan-kan kun-tháaniv asímnaam two the-snake that there-Locative 3pl(>3s)-sit bed Two snakes are sitting on the bed. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playnani-'asímnaam ás káan t-u-tháaniv 1sPOSS-bed rock there PERF-3s(>3)-sit There is a rock in my bed. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playnaa payôok ni-tháaniv 1sg. right.here 1s(>3)-sit I'm lying here. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxáyfaat nani-'asímnaam ku-tháaniv don't! 1sPOSS-tree 2pl(>3)-sit Don't lie on my bed! (talking to more than one person) Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playmâaka kúuk tá nú-ktaama vaa káan pa-naní-taat u-tháaniv u-yíkihi-tih in.other.room to PERF 1pl(>3)-carry.to.(in.hand) so there the-1sPOSS-mother 3s(>3)-sit 3s(>3)-get.sick-DUR We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás pa-tá kun-ípeer-ahaak fâat iyúrish xás pa-t-u-'ûuri-haak púya-va uum hâari ára vaa kúth t-óo tháaniv then NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-say.to-when what pay then NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-be.unwilling-when and.so-so 3.SG sometime person so because.of PERF-3s(>3) sit When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textxás vúra-va káan u-tháaniv astiip then Intensive-so there 3s(>3)-sit shore And he lay there on the bank. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás vúra vaa u-tháaniv then Intensive so 3s(>3)-sit And he lay there like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvúra vaa u-tháaniv Intensive so 3s(>3)-sit He lay there like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textkári xás víri tá ípi vúra pa-mu-'ípi kích u-tháaniv then then so PERF bone Intensive the-3sPOSS-bone only 3s(>3)-sit And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textxás kári vúra vaa u-tháaniv then then Intensive so 3s(>3)-sit And still he lay there like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full textvásihkam u-tháaniv pa-pihnêefich behind 3s(>3)-sit the-coyote There lay Coyote in back of it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textyánava ikmaháchraam xás pa-ni-tháaniv visible sweathouse then NOMZ-1s(>3)-sit And he saw, (he said), "I'm lying in the sweathouse!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textxás yánava ikmaháchraam xás pa-ni-tháaniv then visible sweathouse then NOMZ-1s(>3)-sit And he saw, (he said) then, "I'm lying in the sweathouse! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playvúra vaa u-tháaniv u-thítiim-ti pa-kun-chuphúruthuna-tih Intensive so 3s(>3)-sit 3s(>3)-hear-DUR NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-talk.about-DUR (Coyote) lay like that, he heard them talking about him. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás vúra puyíthaxay káan thaanêe-ra then Intensive not.a.single.one there sit-NEG And not one was lying there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkári xás káan p-oo-tháaniv then then there NOMZ-3s(>3)-sit And there he lay. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textvíri vaa vúra káan u-tháaniv payéem so so Intensive there 3s(>3)-sit now So he's lying there now. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full textyánava yítha âapun u-tháaniv u-kuhí-tih visible one on.the.ground 3s(>3)-sit 3s(>3)-be.sick-DUR He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkári xás pa-'âapun t-u-túraayva yee asa-yaamach-'íshara ôok páy u-tháaniv then then NOMZ-on.the.ground PERF-3s(>3)-look.around well rock-pretty-extremely here this 3s(>3)-sit And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!" Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full textâanxus u-hyívchak sâam u-tháaniv pa-mí-'aama weasel 3s(>3)-interrupt.by.shouting little.downhill 3s(>3)-sit the-2sPOSS-salmon Weasel interrupted, shouting, "Your salmon is lying just down hill. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás kun-ipêer vaa káan kúniihk-i mu-fithíhkaam mu-pîimich vaa káan pa-mú-thvaay u-tháaniv then 3pl(>3s)-say.to so there shoot.at-IMPER 3sPOSS-big.toe 3sPOSS-next.to so there the-3sPOSS-chest 3s(>3)-sit And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás káan ás u-tháaniv kéech then there rock 3s(>3)-sit big And a rock lay there, a big one. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full textvaa xás pá-'aah u-kyâa-nik xás yánava u-tháaniv so then the-fire 3s(>3)-make-ANC then visible 3s(>3)-sit Then he built the fire, and then they saw him lying there. Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full textvíri vaa kin-ípeer-anik hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen u-thaanêe-haak xáyfaat ik kúkuum vúra vaa ku-kup-eep-vík-aha so so 3>1pl-say.to-ANC somehow as.much.as land 3s(>3)-sit-when don't! must again Intensive so 2pl(>3)-MODAL-ITER-weave-Modal (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again." Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full textitha-hárinay u-tháaniv one-year 3s(>3)-sit He lay (there) for a year. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textimáan 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 textvíri kárivari káan u-tháaniv so still there 3s(>3)-sit (The car) is still sitting there. Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full textamkír u-tháaniv table 3s(>3)-sit A table is sitting. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full textpa-'amkír káan u-tháaniv xás u-kxúrikahi-ti ávahkam ípaha the-table there 3s(>3)-sit then 3s(>3)-be.marked-DUR over tree The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top. Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text