Ararahih'urípih
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ithvuy / ithvuya- a name

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3322 | revised Feb 12 2015

ithvuy / ithvuya- • N • a name

Derivation:  ithvuy-a
be.named-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
ithvuyxâaha "to care, to be sorry, to grieve, to mourn"

Source: WB 778.1, p.354

  • peheeraha'ípa mupikutunváramoo, káru koovúra pamúthvuy... the parts of a plant, and all their names... [Reference: TK 47.22]

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  1. kóova    uthvuyxâahanik    pamuyáfus   
    so    she.felt.sad.long.ago    her.dress   
    She felt so sad about her dress.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  2. peheeraha'íppa    mupikyutunváramuu    káru    koovúra    pamúthvuy   
    the.tobacco.plant    its.joints    also    all    its.name   
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. múthvuy    uum    Leslie   
    her.name    3.SG    Leslie   
    Her name is Leslie.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  4. naníthvuy    uum    Andrew   
    my.name    3.SG    Andrew   
    My name is Andrew.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  5. pamíthvuy    uum    Vina   
    your.name    3.SG    Vina   
    Your name is Vina.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  6. hûut    míthvuy   
    how    your.name   
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  7. naníthvuy    uum    Vina   
    my.name    3.SG    Vina   
    My name is Vina.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  8. hûut    iim    míthvuy   
    how    2sg.    your.name   
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  9. hûut    pamíthvuy   
    how    your.name   
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  10. pa'áraar    uum    pupítihara    pamú'arama    múthvuy    patu'ívahaak   
    the.Indian    3.SG    he.doesn't.say    his.child    his.name    when.he.dies   
    The Indian did not say his child's name when it died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  11. káru    vúra    koovúra    pamu'áraaras    tá    kun'ívahaak    pupítihara    mukun'íthvuy   
    also    Intensive    all    when.his.relatives    PERF    when.they.die    he.doesn't.say    their.names   
    And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  12. xás    hâari    tá    kunipíthvuuymath    míta    pakêemish    múthvuy   
    then    sometime    PERF    they.name.him.again    near.past    the.deceased.person    his.name   
    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  13. víriva    kári    uum    tá    kunipíti    peethvuy    vúra    puhúunhara   
    so    then    3.SG    PERF    they.say    the.name    Intensive    not.harmful   
    Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  14. xás    hâari    vúra    ára    puxútihara    víri    vúra    tóo    piip    peethvuy   
    then    sometime    Intensive    person    he.isn't.thinking    so    Intensive    he    say    the.name   
    Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  15. kóova    uthvuyxâaha    pamúyuup    axváha    mûuk    kuniptáxvah   
    so    she.grieved.for.him    her.eyes    pitch    with.(by.means.of)    they.sealed.them.up   
    She grieved so for him, she sealed up her eyes with pitch.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text

  16. xás    koovúra    tupipshinvárihva    péethvuy    ípa    kunípeerat    ikvan   
    then    all    he.forgot    the.name    PAST    they.said    buy   
    And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  17. xás    payêem    vaa    vúra    mukun'íthvuy    rúup   
    then    now    so    Intensive    their.name    ?   
    And now (his descendants') name is Rube.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text