Ararahih'urípih
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iyur- / iyun- to put or stick (a long object)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3609 | revised Nov 17 2014

iyur- / iyun- V • to put or stick (a long object)

Derivatives (13; show derivatives)

Source: WB 828, p.357

Note: Bound stem; used with directional suffixes.


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  1. xás    áhup    kuníyuunkir    ikmahachram'áhup   
    then    wood    they.put.it.in.the.fire    sweathouse.wood   
    They they put wood on the fire, sweathouse-wood.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  2. 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
  3. pa'ikxúrikar    iyúunkuriheesh    pay'ôok   
    the.pencil    you.will.put.it    right.here   
    You are gonna put the pencil there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  4. xás    patá    kunípeerahaak    fâat    iyúrish    xás    patu'ûurihaak    púyava    uum    hâari    ára    vaa    kúth    tóo    tháaniv   
    then    when    when.they.tell.him    what    pay    then    when.he.refuses    so    3.SG    sometime    person    so    because.of    PERF    sit   
    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text
  5. káruma    íp    uum    tóo    yuunkat    ahtúun    pamufithih'ípan   
    in.fact    PAST    3.SG    he.had    put.them.in    oak.bark    his.toes   
    He had put oak bark in his toes.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    úyuunka    pamuhrôoha   
    then    then    he.poked.her.with.a.long.object    his.wife   
    And he poked his wife (with it).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  7. kári    xás    apmáan    úyuunvar   
    then    then    mouth    he.put.her.inside   
    Then he put her in his mouth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | 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