Ararahih'urípih
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aha- / ahi- to burn

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #171 | revised Oct 31 2014

aha- / ahi- • V • to burn

Derivatives (4)
ahíram "fireplace, specifically for ceremonial purpose"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
vitkirivâaram_mu'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
a'ithram'ahíram "name of a fire place near Orleans"

Source: WB 39, p.315

Note: Bound stem, only occurring with derivational suffixes; rare; largely replaced by íinka (a/u).

See áah 'fire'

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. xás    u'êechip    xás    ahíramak    úyuunkuri    pamuxváa    achvúun    atipimámvaan    muxvâa    ukimfíruraanik   
    then    he.picked.him.up    then    in.the.fireplace    he.held.it.in.the.fire    his.head    hookbill.salmon    buzzard    his.hair    he.burned.it.off   
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. xás    vúra    tá    pu'ahára   
    then    Intensive    PERF    it.did.not.burn   
    And it wouldn't burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    uum    u'áasish    ahinámtiimich   
    then    then    3.SG    she.went.to.bed    the.very.edge.of.the.fireplace   
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. xasík    paaxvaharaxárahsas    kuvêehkuriheesh    yúuxak    u'ahítiheesh   
    then.(future)    the.long.pitch-woods    you.will.stick.them.into.it    in.the.sand    it.will.burn   
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. xás    úpaanik    xasík    ahíram    ukyâavish   
    then    he.said    then.(future)    fireplace    he.will.make   
    He said, "(The priest) will build a fire."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    púyava    máruk    tuvâaram    ahíram   
    then    then    you.see    uphill    he.went    fireplace   
    And so he went uphill to the fireplaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    ahinámtiich    vúra    ukrêenik    amtápnihich   
    then    then    edge.of.the.fireplace    Intensive    he.sat    ashy.place   
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  8. xás    áachip    ahíramhitih   
    then    middle    it.was.a.fireplace   
    And there was a fireplace in the center.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  9. máruk    ahíram    tuvâaram   
    uphill    fireplace    he.did.go   
    He went uphill to the fireplaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text