Ararahih'urípih
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yiivárih rather far; away

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7088 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiivárih • ADJ • rather far; away

Derivation:  yiiv-varih
far-toward

Derivatives (2)
yiivánihich "a little farther off"
yiivánihichha "to be careful"

Source: WB 1680.2, p.401

Note: Used as an exclamation in the meaning 'Go away!'

  • kári xás pa'ávansas yiivárih kun'íipma. And then the men went a ways off. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 117]
  • púyava paaxíich yiivárih tu'íipma xás toopviraxsîip. So when the child went away, she licked (the acorn soup) up. (pl.action) [Reference: WB T33.18]

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. xás   pihnêefich   t-óo   piip   yée naa   yiivárih  
    then   coyote   PERF-3s(>3)   say   well   rather.far  
    And Coyote said, "Hey, go away!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   yiivári   kúuk   u-'íipma   kúkuum   u-p-ítkaanvar  
    then   then   rather.far   to.there   3s(>3)-return   again   3s(>3)-ITER-spear.fish  
    Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  3. púyava   p-aaxíich   yiivári   t-u-'íipma   xás   t-óo   p-viraxsîip  
    you.see   NOMZ-child   rather.far   PERF-3s(>3)-return   then   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-lick.up  
    Then when the child went away, she licked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. pa-'asiktávaan   yiivári   kúuk   t-u-'íipma   t-óo   ktaamsip   pa-'ásip  
    the-woman   rather.far   to   PERF-3s(>3)-return   PERF-3s(>3)   pick.up.(bowl)   the-bowl  
    The woman goes away again, she carries off the bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  5. xás   t-u-'ûusip   pa-'ípaha   xás   yiivári   kúuk   t-u-'íipma  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)-pick.up   the-tree   then   rather.far   to   PERF-3s(>3)-return  
    He picks up the tree, and goes away again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text