Ararahih'urípih
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íshyaav winter

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3178 | revised Jun 11 2004

íshyaav N • winter

Derivatives (5)
ishyâat "King salmon, "spring salmon""
ishyaavárih "late in the year"
ishyáavha "to winter, to live through the winter"
ithéeshyaav "all winter"
ithéeshyav "all winter"

Source: WB 744, p.352


Sentence examples (20)

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  1. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. chéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text
  4. ishyâat úpaanik: " yaas'ára vúra u'aapúnmutiheesh yakun pa'îin yíth ukupeexákahitiheesh, patá nipikrêehaak nani'îin."
    Salmon said: “Human will know the water will sound different in the falls when I am in there, in my falls.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  5. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full text
  6. chéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat imshîinnaavish.
    Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text
  7. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshíinaavish.
    Shine upriver soon, Spring Salmon.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  8. xás vúrava ithéeshyav koovúra áhup tóo kyav.
    He gathered wood for the whole winter.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  9. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish.
    Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  10. kupánakanakana. chêech ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish.
    kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  11. ithéeshyav uparíshriihva.
    He twined a whole winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. úma vaa ukúphaanik, pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech.
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás tá íshyaav.
    And it was winter by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. vaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat, peethívthaaneen tá kunpikyâahaak.
    They will clean the spring salmon with that, when they fix the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  15. víri ûum tá kuníshyaavha.
    They barely lived through the winter.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  16. xás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih, pa'íshaha tu'uh.
    And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  17. pavírusar íshyaav kusrahkêem kári koovúra eeráriivak kúuk tá kunpávyiihma.
    In the winter, in December (the bad month), the bears all go into dens.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  18. púyava sú' kuníkrii ithéeshyaav.
    They stay inside all winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  19. púyava íshyaav kunkupeeykárahitih.
    They killed it that way in the winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  20. púyava vaa íshyaav kun'áamtih.
    And in the winter they ate it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text