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tháaniv / tháanim- (inanimate object) to sit, be; (animal or person) to lie, to be dead

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. yánava   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 text
  3. pa-'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 text
  4. ée   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 text
  5. yánava   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 text
  6. ipít   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
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  7. ipít   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
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  8. ipít   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
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  9. chishíih   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
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  10. pa-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
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  11. fâat   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
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  12. impaah   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
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  13. pa-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
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  14. asímnaam   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
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  15. áxak   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
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  16. nani-'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
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  17. naa   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
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  18. xáyfaat   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
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  19. mâaka   kúuk      -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
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  20. xás   pa-   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 text
  21. xás   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 text
  22. xás   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 text
  23. vúra   vaa   u-tháaniv  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-sit  
    He lay there like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  24. kári   xás   víri      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 text
  25. xás   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 text
  26. vásihkam   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 text
  27. yánava   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 text
  28. xás   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
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  29. vúra   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 text
  30. xás   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 text
  31. kári   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 text
  32. víri   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 text
  33. yánava   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 text
  34. kári   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 text
  35. âanxus   u-hyívchak   sâam   u-tháaniv   pa--'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 text
  36. xás   kun-ipêer   vaa   káan   kúniihk-i   mu-fithíhkaam   mu-pîimich   vaa   káan   pa--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 text
  37. xás   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 text
  38. vaa   xás   -'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 text
  39. víri   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 text
  40. itha-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 text
  41. 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
  42. víri   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 text
  43. amkír   u-tháaniv  
    table   3s(>3)-sit  
    A table is sitting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  44. pa-'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