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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
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chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.will.shine.upriver Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither upriver. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat imshîinaavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.shine.this.way.upriver 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 textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.shine.this.way.upriver 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 textishyâat 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 textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshîinaavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.will.shine.this.way.upriver Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river. Source: Abner's mother, "Crow Woman and her Neglectful Husband" (JPH_KT-08) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúr ishyâat imshîinnaavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.shine.this.way.upriver Shine early, Spring Salmon, hither up river. Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full textchéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshíinaavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon may.you.shine.upriver Shine upriver soon, Spring Salmon. Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full textxás vúrava ithéeshyav koovúra áhup tóo kyav then just all.winter all wood PERF.he make He gathered wood for the whole winter. chéemyaach ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.will.shine.upriver Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full textkupánakanakana chêech ík vúra ishyâat imshírihraavish the.end quickly must Intensive king.salmon you.will.shine.upriver kupánakanakana. Spring salmon, you must shine upriver quickly. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
Spoken by Nettie Ruben | Download | Playithéeshyav uparíshriihva all.winter he.twined.them He twined a whole winter. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textúma vaa ukúphaanik pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech emphatic(?) so he.did.it when.previously all.winter he.twined.them little.string That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textxás tá íshyaav then PERF winter And it was winter by now. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textvaa kumûuk kuníhviithtiheesh peeshyâat peethívthaaneen tá kunpikyâahaak that with.it they.will.be.cleaning the.spring.salmon the.world PERF when.they.fix.it 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 textvíri ûum tá kuníshyaavha so barely PERF they.lived.through.winter They barely lived through the winter. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textxás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih pa'íshaha tu'uh then once some.winter Intensive very.much it.rained the.water it.rose And one winter it rained hard, the water rose. Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full textpavírusar 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 textpúyava sú' kuníkrii ithéeshyaav you.see inside they.live all.winter They stay inside all winter. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textpúyava íshyaav kunkupeeykárahitih you.see winter they.are.killing.it.that.way They killed it that way in the winter. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full textpúyava vaa íshyaav kun'áamtih you.see that winter they.were.eating.it And in the winter they ate it. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text