Ararahih'urípih
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áfiv / afiva- bottom, base (of anything)

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lexicon ID #146 | revised Oct 31 2014

áfiv / afiva- • N • bottom, base (of anything)

Derivation:  áfiv-a
make.bottom-DEVERB

Derivatives (7)
áfivarih "toward the base"
afivîich "the very bottom"
afiviichvárih "toward the very bottom"
afivtínihich "a plant, blue-eyed grass"
axich'áfiv "a plant, willow dock"
thuxriv'áfiv "bottom of a bag"
vuutrava'áfiv "testicles"

Note: The dimin. is afivîich '(the) very bottom'.

  • ma'kêech tuyshipree'áfiv veekxaréeyav ukúphaanik. The ikxaréeyav from the foot of Shelton Butte did it. [Reference: WB 24.1, p. 314; TK 48.21]
  • áfiv vúra úmyaat-hiti, ávahkam takuntáfir. (An elk testicle pipe sack) is hairy at the base, they shave off the upper part. [Reference: TK 196.16]

See áfiv 'to make the bottom'

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. xas    upíip    "vup'áfiv    tákurukrivan    hitíhaan    íp    napáknitsurunat   
    then    he.said    base.of.the.neck    coiled    always    PAST    I.plucked.it.off   
    And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. eepum'afivîich   
    very.bottom.of.root   
    bottom of the root
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  3. 'afivîich   
    very.bottom   
    the very bottom
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Parts of the Tobacco Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.b-g) | read full text

  4. afiv'ávahkam    a'vánihich    vaa    poopírishhiti    pamu'iheerahásaan    áfiv    uum    vúra    piríshiipux   
    above.the.base    a.little.above    that    that.it.is.putting.forth.leaves    its.leaves    bottom    3.SG    Intensive    without.leaves   
    Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  5. áfivarih    uum    pu'ifyayêepshahara    peehêeraha    úmvaayti    káru    vúra    pathríha    mûuk    pathríha    mûuk    káru    vúra    úmvaayti   
    toward.base    3.SG    they.are.not.good.ones    the.tobacco    it.is.wilted    also    Intensive    rain    with.(by.means.of)    rain    with.(by.means.of)    also    Intensive    it.is.wilted   
    Toward the base the tobacco leaves are not so good, they are wilted, they are wilted with the sunshine and also with the rain, with the rain also they are wilted.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. áfeer    tá    kunvítrip    vaa    uum    pukúkuum    píiftihara    pávaa    kun'îinishtihaak    payúux    uxéetchichhitih   
    resembling.the.base.of.[it]    PERF    they.pull.it.up    so    3.SG    not.again    it.was.not.growing.up    that    when.they.finished.doing.it    the.dirt    it.is.softer   
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  7. xás    kári    vaa    vúra    kích    káan    u'iishhíti    vuutrava'áfiv   
    then    then    so    Intensive    only    there    there.was.meat    testicles   
    And there was still meat there in his testicles.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. xás    papihnîich    upiip    paninivup'áfiv    vaa    káan    utakurukíshriihva    víriva    tóo    kyiimshur   
    then    the.old.man    he.said    the.base.of.my.neck    so    there    it.was.curled.up    so    it.had    fall.off   
    And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text