Ararahih'urípih
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yiiv / yivu- far

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7085 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiiv / yivu- ADV • far

Derivatives (7)
eethayîihva "to carry away"
yiimúsich "a little ways off"
yiivánihich "a little farther off"
yiivánihichha "to be careful"
yiivárih "rather far; away"
yíivha "to be far"
yiivthaanêen "a placename"

Source: WB 1680, p.401

  • xás pihnêefich uum táyiiv. By then Coyote was a long way off. [Reference: WB T5.83]
  • miník kúnish puyívuhara. It's not so far! [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 046]


Sentence examples (53)

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  1. xas   u-pákurih   "yíiv   vúra   nu-thyuruv-eesh  
    then   3s(>3)-sing   "far   Intensive   1pl(>3)-drag.to-FUT  
    And he sang, "We will drag her a long ways."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. yíiv   vúra   nu-thyuruv-eesh   chími   âapun      ni-myáhumar   chími   âapun      ni-chnahirúvuukva   chími   âapun      ni-thurirúvuukva   chími   âapun  
    far   Intensive   1pl(>3)-drag.to-FUT   soon   on.the.ground   PERF   1s(>3)-be.exhausted   soon   on.the.ground   PERF   1s(>3)-shit.all.over.self   soon   on.the.ground   PERF   1s(>3)-urinate.all.over.self   soon   on.the.ground  
    "We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. kári   xás   sâam   u-p-ishkáakfak   káruma   vúra   yiiv  
    then   then   little.downhill   3s(>3)-ITER-jump.down.from.uphill   in.fact   Intensive   far  
    Then he gave a jump down, but it was very far away.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  4. chavúra      yiiv   t-óo   p-thívruhvarak  
    finally   PERF   far   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    He floated a long ways down.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. vaa   vúr   u-p-if-yîi-mmu-ti   pa-'avansa-'ávahkamvari   t-u-'íff-ahaak  
    so   Intensive   3s(>3)-ITER-grow-far-to-DUR   the-man-towards.the.top   PERF-3s(>3)-grow-when  
    The highest it ever grows is higher than man.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  6. xás   vúra   yíiv   sáruk  
    then   Intensive   far   downhill  
    It was way down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  7. xás   u-xu-ti   kunish   yíim   nîinamich   pa-púufich   xás   p-óo-'uum   xás   vúra   uum   pufích-kaam  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   sort.of   far   little   the-deer   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   then   Intensive   3.SG   deer-large  
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  8. u--ti   nîinamich   pa-púufich   káru   uum   vúra   yíiv   sáruk   xás  
    3s(>3)-think-DUR   little   the-deer   also   3.SG   Intensive   far   downhill   then  
    He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  9. váa   vúra   uum   yíiv   xas   vaa   vúra   u--ti   íkiich   pu-na-kúniihk-eesh-ara   xás   vúra   vaa   u-kúniihka  
    that   Intensive   3.SG   far   then   that   Intensive   3s(>3)-think-DUR   maybe   NEG-1s(>3)-shoot.at-FUT-NEG   then   Intensive   that   3s(>3)-shoot.at  
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  10. chavúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'áhoo  
    finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. xás   chavúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  12. kári   xás   púyava   chavúra   yíiv   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   then   you.see   finally   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    And so finally he traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  13. vúra   vaa   u-'áhoo-tih   vúra      yíiv   káruk  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go-DUR   Intensive   PERF   far   upriver  
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  14. kári   xás   yánava   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'áhoo  
    then   then   visible   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  15. chavúra      yíiv   t-óo   p-thívruuhvarak  
    finally   PERF   far   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  16. kári   xás   chavúra   yíiv      kun-víitma  
    then   then   finally   far   PERF   3pl(>3s)-paddle.to  
    So finally they paddled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  17. púyava   chavúra      yíiv   vúrava   u-'asímchaak-tih  
    you.see   finally   PERF   far   just   3s(>3)-close.eyes-DUR  
    So finally he kept his eyes closed like that for a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  18. chavúra   yíiv      kun-pávyiihma  
    finally   far   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.back.to.(pl.)  
    Finally they went a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  19. yíiv   t-u-thívruuhma  
    far   PERF-3s(>3)-float.to  
    He floated a long ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  20. xás   vúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    then   Intensive   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  21. kári   xás      yíiv   u-'uum  
    then   then   PERF   far   3s(>3)-arrive  
    And he went a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  22. kári   xás      yíiv   u-'uum  
    then   then   PERF   far   3s(>3)-arrive  
    Then he went a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  23. xás   pihnêefich   uum   ta   yiiv  
    then   coyote   3.SG   PERF   far  
    And by this time Coyote was a long ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  24. naa   vúra   yíiv   ni-'aramsîipriv-ti   páy nanuxákararih  
    1sg.   Intensive   far   1s(>3)-start.out-DUR   country.outside  
    "I come from far away, from the outside."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  25. vúra   yíiv   t-u-'áhoo  
    Intensive   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    He traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  26. yíiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  27. káruk   vúra   yîiv   t-u-'uum  
    upriver   Intensive   far   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    He got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  28. xás   yíiv   t-u-'uum  
    then   far   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    And he got a long ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  29. vúrava   yíiv   t-u-'uum  
    just   far   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    He got a long way off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  30. xás   vúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'uum  
    then   Intensive   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive  
    And he got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  31. vúra   yíiv   t-u-'árihroov  
    Intensive   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He went upriver a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  32. kári   xás   yíiv   t-u-'ípahoo   pa-pihnêefich  
    then   then   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go.back   the-coyote  
    And Coyote went on a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  33. kári   xás   vúra   púva   yiiv   uum  
    then   then   Intensive   not.yet   far   arrive  
    They hadn't yet gone very far.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  34. miník   kúnish   pu-yívu-hara  
    of.course   sort.of   NEG-far-NEG  
    "It's not so far!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  35. xás   chavúra   yiiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    then   finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  36. vaa   káan   ávansa   ú-krii   páykuuk   yíiv   ú-krii   pa-tuyshipriha-'ápap-kam  
    that   there   man   3s(>3)-live   over.there   far   3s(>3)-live   the-mountain-one.side-side  
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  37. kúna   vúra   páykuuk   yíiv   áhoo-n   payôok   xáyfaat   i-'áhoo   p-eempahee-pshûunkinich   kâarim   i-kupheesh  
    in.addition   Intensive   over.there   far   go-go.to   right.here   don't!   2s(>3)-go   the-trail-low   bad   2s(>3)-will.do  
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  38. xás   u--ti      na-'ûuri   páykuuk   pa-ni-'ahoo-n-kôo-ti   yiiv  
    then   3s(>3)-say-DUR   PERF   1s-be.unwilling   over.there   NOMZ-1s(>3)-go-go.to-to-DUR   far  
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  39. yukún   yíiv   á'   u-tásunih-tih-anik   pa-'íin  
    you.see   far   above   3s(>3)-be.vertical.barrier-DUR-ANC   the-falls  
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  40. xás   kári   chavúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    then   then   finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  41. chavúra   yíiv   kúkuma   t-óo   hyiv  
    finally   far   again   PERF-3s(>3)   shout  
    Finally, a long ways on, there was a shout again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  42. chavúra      yíiv   káruk   u-'árihroov  
    finally   PERF   far   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  43. yíiv   vúra   t-u-'íipma  
    far   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-return  
    He went far away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  44. yíiv   vúra      kun-'uum  
    far   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-arrive  
    They went a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  45. xás   vúra   yíiv   t-u-víitma  
    then   Intensive   far   PERF-3s(>3)-paddle.to  
    And he rowed a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  46. vúrava   u-víitrup   yíiv   vúra   t-u-víitma  
    just   3s(>3)-paddle.downstream.from.here   far   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-paddle.to  
    He paddled downriver like that, he paddled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  47. yíiv      kun-íp-viitma  
    far   PERF   3pl(>3s)-ITER-paddle.to  
    They paddled back a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  48. púyava   p-oo-táyiithh-ara-ti   yíiv   vúra      kun-'aramsípriin   kún-ikvárish-tih   xáat   káru   vik-a-kêemich  
    you.see   NOMZ-3s(>3)-lash-INST-DUR   far   Intensive   PERF   3pl(>3s)-start.out   3pl(>3s)-buy-DUR   may   also   weave-DEVERB-bad.(dimin.)  
    So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  49. ithâan   kuma-máh'iit   u-   pa-chánchaaf   yíiv   á'   vúra   ú-krii  
    once   3sPOSS-morning   3s(>3)-see   the-foam   far   above   Intensive   3s(>3)-live  
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  50. yíiv   yúruk   xás   pa--taat   ú-krii  
    far   downriver   then   the-2sPOSS-mother   3s(>3)-live  
    And your mother lives far downriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  51. xás   vaa   yíiv   yúruk   xumvaroo-máruk   áh-kaam   t-óo   kyav  
    then   so   far   downriver   placename-uphill   fire-large   PERF-3s(>3)   make  
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  52. káruk   yíiv   ikhurôo-k   t-u-'árihroov  
    upriver   far   ridge.running.upriver-LOC   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  53. páy   uum   tishrám-kaam   xás   u-tuy-shíiprin-ahi-ti   yiiv  
    this   3.SG   valley-large   then   3s(>3)-mound-up.(pl.action)-ESS-DUR   far  
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text