Ararahih'urípih
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páatva / páatvu- to bathe, to wash (e.g. one's face)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4443 | revised Oct 31 2014

páatva / páatvu- • V • to bathe, to wash (e.g. one's face)

Derivative (1)
avpáatvaram "face basin"

Source: WB 1087, p.371

  • ipêen áav paatvi. Tell him to wash his face! [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (17)

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  1. ta'ítam    upipatvathvâanaheen    pa'ámtaap   
    so    he.bathed.himself    the.ashes   
    So he rubbed ashes all over himself.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. pihnêefich    ukúphaanik    amtaap    upâatvanik   
    coyote    he.did    dust    he.bathed   
    Coyote did that, he bathed with ashes.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. áav    paatvi   
    face    wash.it!   
    Wash your face.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
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  4. Kári    iish    upáatvutih    pa'axiich   
    then    flesh    he.is.bathing.it    the.child   
    And the child is taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. Xás    iish    tá    kunpáatva   
    then    flesh    PERF    they.are.bathing.it   
    And they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  6. Xás    payêem    iish    tá    kunpáatva   
    then    now    flesh    PERF    they.are.bathing.it   
    And now they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  7. Xás    paxanchíifich    îin    tá    kunímuusti    pakunpáatvutih   
    then    the.frog    TOPIC    PERF    he.is.looking.at.them    while.they.are.bathing   
    And the frog is looking at them while they're taking a bath.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  8. Xás    payêem    paxanchíifich    tóo    xus    Kíri    naa    káru    nipáatveesh   
    then    now    the.frog    he.PERF    think    I.wish    1sg.    also    I.will.bathe   
    And now the frog is thinking, "I want to take a bath, too."
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  9. Xás    vúra    uum    payêem    tá    kunpáatvaheen   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    now    PERF    they.had.bathed   
    And now they've bathed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  10. áav    paatvi   
    face    wash.it!   
    Wash your face!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  11. chími    koovúra    áav    kiikpáatvi   
    soon    all    face    you.guys.wash.it!   
    You all wash your faces!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  12. púyava    patusúpaahaak    púyava    ukráam    kúuk    tá    kunihmárava    tá    kunpáatvunaa    pa'ávansas   
    you.see    when.it.had.become.day    you.see    lake    to.there    PERF    they.ran.to.there    PERF    they.bathed    the.men   
    When day came, they went to a pond, the men bathed.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  13. xás    sáruk    kúuk    tá    kun'uum    xás    úuth    ishkêeshak    tá    kunpáatva   
    then    downhill    to.there    PERF    they.arrive    then    out.to.water    in.the.river    PERF    they.bathe   
    And they went downhill, and they bathed out in the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  14. xás    íshahak    tóo    páatva   
    then    in.water    she.had    bathe   
    And she bathed in water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  15. xás    yáas    upâatvutih   
    then    then    he.bathed   
    Then he bathed.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  16. ikxúrar    nupâatvuti    ukrámkaam   
    evening    we.were.bathing    pond.near.Katimin   
    In the evening we bathed in (the pond called) ukrámkaam.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  17. xás    kári    koovúra    tá    kunpáatvunaa    xás    páahak    tá    kunvíitkar    ithyáruk    pafatavéenaan   
    then    then    all    PERF    they.bathed    then    in.a.boat    PERF    they.rode.across-river    across    the.priest   
    And everybody bathed, and they rowed the priest across-river in a boat.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text