Ararahih'urípih
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vathiv to fight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6474 | revised Nov 13 2005

vathiv • V • to fight

Source: WB 1534, p.394

Note: An irregular variant occurs in the plural vathíinaa.

  • xáyfaat ikôoha peeváthiivti. Don't give up fighting! [Reference: KV]
  • káruma vaa pananítaat uum mu'ávanhanik pakóova kunváthiinaatihanik pa'asiktávaan mutipáhiivshahanik. The fact was, my mother's husband had been fighting with that woman's brothers. [Reference: TK 211.3]

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  1. víri   vaa   mu-'íffuth   pirishkyâarim   ta   'íp   uum   máruk   kúkkuum   kári   vaa   kun-kúpha-'anik   p-eekxaréeyav   atipimámvaan   achvúun   xákkaan   kun-váthth-êen'nik  
    so   so   3sPOSS-afterward   grizzly   PERF   PAST   3.SG   uphill   again   then   so   3pl(>3s)-do-ANC   the-spirit.person   buzzard   hookbill.salmon   both   3pl(>3s)-fight-ANC  
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. pa-púsihich   tá   kun-váthiv  
    the-cat.(dimin.)   PERF   3pl(>3s)-fight  
    The cats are fighting.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  3. tá   ni-thítiv   pa-púsihich   îikam   u-vathíiv-tih  
    PERF   1s(>3)-hear   the-cat.(dimin.)   outdoors   3s(>3)-fight-DUR  
    I hear the cats fighting outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. kári   pa-'apxantínihich   tá   kun-kôoha   pa-kun-váthii-naa   kári   xás   pa-'áraar   afyíiv   tá   kín-mah  
    then   NOMZ-white.man   PERF   3pl(>3s)-stop   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-fight-PL   then   then   the-human   friend   PERF   3pl>3pl-see  
    When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text