Ararahih'urípih
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îin "falls" in a river, waterfall, rapids, dam

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1668 | revised Jun 26 2014

îin • N • "falls" in a river, waterfall, rapids, dam

Derivatives (6)
îinha "to make a dam"
íinpiit "a placename at Sandy Bar"
inkánsuun "peppernut"
inpítthuuf "Sandy Bar Creek"
in'ípan "placename near Amekyaram"
yu'tim'îin "Ike's Falls, a rapids at ameekyáaraam rancheria"

Source: WB 624, p.347; JPH mat 15:776

Note: Long vowel is never shortened.

  • kíri naa káru nani'îinak áama nikyâati. I want to catch salmon in my falls too. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 062]
  • xás a'ikrêen upiip, naa vúra nani'iin'ávahkam nipkêevishriheesh. Then Peregrine Falcon says, I am going to be transformed above my dam. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 274]

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  1. ishyâat    úpaanik    yaas'ára    vúra    u'aapúnmutiheesh    yakun    pa'îin    yíth    ukupeexákahitiheesh    patá    nipikrêehaak    nani'îin   
    king.salmon    long.ago.he.said    rich.person    Intensive    he.will.know    you.see    the.falls    other    it.will.make.noise.that.way    that.has    when.I.reside.again    my.falls   
    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

  2. ayu’âach    púfaat    pa'ávansa    iináak    panini'ákah    uum    támit    u'ívat   
    it.was.because    nothing    the.men    placename    my.father    3.SG    already.in.the.past    he.died   
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  3. á 'iknêechhan    pamu'îin    ukyâanik   
    falcon    his.falls    he.made.it   
    Duck Hawk made his falls (there).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  4. xás    pa'áraar    poo'îinhiti    víriva    musúrukam    kun'írunaatih   
    then    the.people    where.the.falls.were    so    underneath.them    they.were.walking   
    And the people traveled behind where the falls were.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  5. xás    kóova    úxviipha    pa'îin    upáktaapsip   
    then    so    she.got.angry    the.falls    she.turned.it.up.on.one.end   
    And she was so mad, she tipped the falls up on one end.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  6. pamu'îin    hôoy    ník    úxaaktih   
    his.falls    where    a.little    it.was.making.noise   
    There was no sound of his falls.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  7. yáh naa    panani'îin    tá    kunpáktaapsipreeheen   
    surprise    my.falls    PERF    they.have.been.turned.up.on.one.side   
    "yáh naa, my falls have been tipped up on end."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  8. tishravará'iivreer    yanéekva    pamu'îin    uthivnúrutih   
    Etna.Mountain    visible    his.falls    it.is.thundering   
    On Etna Mountain he heard his falls thundering (at Katimin).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  9. puthivnúrutihara    pamu'íin   
    it.is.not.thundering    his.falls   
    His falls weren't thundering.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  10. xás    uxútih    tá    natayvárarimka    panani'íin   
    then    he.is.thinking    PERF    she.spoils.me    my.falls   
    And he thought, "She's spoiled my falls."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  11. kári    xás    pirishkâarim    pa'îin    ta'ítam    u'akxáraprupaheen   
    then    then    grizzly    the.falls    so    he.scratched.away.downriver   
    Then Grizzly Bear scratched the falls (away) downriverward.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  12. yukún    yíiv    á'    utásunihtihanik    pa'íin   
    you.see    far    above    was.like.a.vertical.barrier    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

  13. púyava    póopvaavruk    á'iknêechhan    tishravará'iivreen    uxus    hûut    áta    u'íinati    panani'íin   
    you.see    when.he.went.down.again    falcon    Etna.Mountain    he.thought    how    maybe    it.has.something.wrong    my.falls   
    So when Duck Hawk looked down over Etna Mountain, he thought, "I wonder what's wrong with my falls?
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  14. púyava    poo'ípak    yánava    panani'îin    tóo    pvuunup   
    you.see    when.he.got.back    visible    my.falls    PERF.3SG    flow.back.downriver   
    So when he got back, he saw it, "My falls have flowed downriver."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  15. kári    xás    upiip    akâay    tutáayvaar    panani'íin   
    then    then    he.said    who    he.spoiled    my.falls   
    And he said, "Who spoiled my falls?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  16. víri    tá    mihrôoha    pirishkâarim    tutáayvaar    pami'íin   
    so    PERF    your.wife    grizzly    he.spoiled    your.falls   
    Your wife, Grizzly Bear, spoiled your falls."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text