Ararahih'urípih
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yáavha / yáavhi- to be in a hurry, to hurry to (someone)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7016 | revised Feb 09 2016

yáavha / yáavhi- • V • to be in a hurry, to hurry to (someone)

Derivation:  yaav-ha
yaav-DENOM

Derivative (1)
yáavhivath "to make (someone) hurry"

Source: WB 1667, p.400

  • tuyáavha pavá'iipma. He was in a hurry to get back. [Reference: WB T4.165]
  • vaa vúra kích takuntaxúyxuy mûuk pa'ifuxâah, patakunyáavhaak peehêer. They just wipe (their hands) with rotten wood, when they're anxious to take a smoke. [Reference: TK 205.9]

Sentence examples (7)

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  1. man   kun-yáavhi-ti   táay   pa-mukun-íkyav  
    why...   3pl(>3s)-hurry-DUR   much   the-3plPOSS-making  
    They were in a hurry, they had a lot to do.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. ná-yaavh-eesh   ik  
    2s/3s>1s-hurry-FUT   must  
    You must hurry to me.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. ná-yaavh-eesh   ik  
    2s/3s>1s-hurry-FUT   must  
    You must hurry to me.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  4. ná-yaavh-eesh   ík  
    2s/3s>1s-hurry-FUT   must  
    You must hurry to me.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  5. ná-yaavh-eesh   ik  
    2s/3s>1s-hurry-FUT   must  
    You must hurry to me.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
    Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Play

  6. t-u-yáavha   pa-vá-'iipm-a  
    PERF-3s(>3)-hurry   the-3sPOSS-return-DEVERB  
    He was in a hurry to get back (home).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. xás   vúra   tá   kun-yáavha  
    then   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-hurry  
    And they hurried.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Tan Oak Acorn" (WB_KL-30) | read full text