Ararahih'urípih
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iiv house; nest (of insects or rodents)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1715 | revised Nov 17 2014

iiv • N • house; nest (of insects or rodents)

Derivatives (7)
achnát'iiv "rat's nest"
chimuch'eeráriiv "placename"
eeráriiv "den of an animal"
iv'ávahkam "(on the) roof"
kusriiv "sun-house"
virusura'eeráriiv "bear's den"
xaha'eeráriiv "spider's nest"

Note: Bound stem; occurs only in combinations such as iv'ávahkam 'roof', lit. 'house top'; and achnátiv 'rat's nest', with achnaat 'rat'.

    Sentence examples (9)

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    1. xás    kári    iv'ávahkam    uvôoruraa    tóo    piikívshipriv    péemyah   
      then    then    roof    he.crawled.up    he.had    put.necklaces.up.on    the.heart   
      And he crawled up on the roof, he wore the heart as a necklace.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    2. xás    kunímuusti    iv'ávahkam    a'    poo'íihtih   
      then    they.were.looking.at.him    roof    above    as.he.was.dancing   
      And (Lizard) was looked at as he danced, up on the roof.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    3. xás    iv'ávahkam    uvôoruraa    papirishkâarim   
      then    roof    she.crawled.up    the.grizzly.bear   
      So Grizzly crawled up on the roof.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    4. poopárihrishuk    víri    vaa    yuuxmachmahánach    iv'ávahkam    poo'íihtih    uthívtaaptih   
      when.he.jumped.back.out    so    so    lizard.sp.    roof    he.was.dancing    he.was.doing.a.war.dance   
      When (Lizard) came out, Lizard danced on the roof, he did a war dance.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

    5. pavírusar    íshyaav    kusrahkêem    kári    koovúra    eeráriivak    kúuk    tá    kunpávyiihma   
      the.bear    winter    December    then    all    to.animal.den    to    PERF    they.go.back.to   
      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

    6. kári    xás    tá    kunpíip    chími    nanu'eeráriiv    nupimúsan   
      then    then    PERF    they.say    soon    our.den    let's.go.look.at.them!   
      Then people used to say, "Let’s go look at our dens!"
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

    7. púyava    tá    kunpiykáravar    eeráriivak    kunithyúrurupuk   
      you.see    PERF    they.finished.slaughtering.it    out.of.the.den    they.drag.it.out   
      They finished killing it, they dragged it out of the den.
      Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

    8. xás    iv'ávahkam    vúra    ivharatírihshas    mûuk    uyururâanahitih   
      then    roof    Intensive    wide.boards    with.(by.means.of)    it.was.put.up   
      And the roof was put up with wide boards.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

    9. peev'ávahkam    ivharatírihshas    uyaakóohitih   
      on.the.roof    broad.boards    it.was.put.on   
      And broad boards were put on the roof.
      Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text