Ararahih'urípih
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-piithva around, here and there (plural action)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4834 | revised Nov 14 2014

-piithva SUFF • around, here and there (plural action)

Derivation -pith-va
-here.and.there?-PL.ACT

Derivatives (37; show derivatives)

Note: Corresponds to -thun(a) (sg. action).


Sentence examples (16)

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  1. káan    ni'uum    ta'ítam    nipifikpiithvaheen   
    there    I.go    so    I.pick.it.up.around   
    When I got there, I had to pick up the pieces.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  2. You can't tell,    xâat    xára    ishanpíithva    pasárip   
    You can't tell,    may    long.time    you.handle.them    the   
    You can't tell, no matter how long you handle the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. yánava    káan    áxak    avansáxiichas    kun'íipithvutih    yúras'astiip   
    visible    there    two    boys    they.were.walking.around    ocean.shore   
    Behold two boys were walking around, by the shore.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. kun'aapúnmutihanik    vúra    ník    pa'úhish    ník    vúra    kunsánpiithvutihanik    pakookâachas   
    they.had.been.knowing.it.long.ago    Intensive    a.little    that.seed    a.little    Intensive    they.were.carrying.them.around.long.ago    the.various.ways   
    They knew that seeds were packed around in various ways.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  5. vúra    fâatva    vaa    vúra    pávaa    kupítihan    sú'    ithivthaneensúruk    usanpîithvutih   
    Intensive    something    so    Intensive    that    is.doing    inside    under.ground    it.is.carrying.things.around   
    Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  6. peepithváram        nivâaram   
    store    PERF    I.go   
    I'm going to the store.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about fear and going places (LA-01) | read full text
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  7. xás    pa'ávansas    uumkun    yúruk    ník        kunithvirípiithva    xás    puvúra    fâat        máhap   
    then    the.men    they    downriver    a.little    PERF    they.ran.around    then    not.Intensive    what    PERF    they.did.not.see.it   
    And the men ran around downriver, and they didn't see anything.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  8. kúna    nuu    yaas'arará'uuthkam    kích    nu'irukúunpiithvutiheesh   
    in.addition    we    in.front.of.rich.people    only    we.will.sit.around   
    But we will be sitting around only in front of rich people."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  9. ta'ítam    kunpáxtiivpunaa    aachíchhar    vúra    kunpihmarápiithva   
    so    they.played.again    happy    Intensive    they.ran.around.again   
    So they played again, they ran around again happily.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  10. víri    káan    ník    mâam    kun'iruveehrímpiithva   
    so    there    a.little    uphill    they.stood.around   
    They stood around uphill there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text
  11. xás    paapxantínihich    upíip    chími    kâam    vâarami    peevapithváram   
    then    the.white.man    he.says    soon    little.upriver    go.away    store   
    And the white man said, "Go upriver to the store!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  12. xás    u'uum    papeevapithváram   
    then    he.arrives    the.store   
    Then he arrived at the store.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  13. xás    papeevapíthvaan    upíip    fâat    kúna   
    then    the.storekeeper    he.says    what    in.addition   
    And the storekeeper said, "What else?"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  14. púyava    máruk    pachishíi    papúufich        kuniyvúnpiithva   
    you.see    uphill    the.dogs    when.deer    PERF    they.chased.them.around   
    The dogs chased the deer around uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text
  15. xás    patukôohaak    xás    pa'arátaanva    tufumyíhpiithva   
    then    she.finished    then    the.pain    she.blew.away   
    And when she finished, then she blew the pain away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text
  16. koovúra        kun'ikákpiithva   
    all    PERF    they.jumped.around   
    Everyone jumped around.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text