Ararahih'urípih
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áathva / áathvu- to be afraid

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #59 | revised Oct 31 2014

áathva / áathvu- • V • to be afraid

Derivative (1)
aathvávath "to scare (someone)"

Source: WB 200, p.325

Note: Idiom: áathva ukyâati 'he scares him, makes him afraid'.

  • u'áathvanik pakunixvíripanik. He had gotten so afraid when she had swallowed him. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 196]

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  1. tá    ná'aathva   
    PERF    I.am.afraid   
    I'm scared.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about fear and going places (LA-01) | read full text
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  2. naa    tá    ná'aathva   
    1sg.    PERF    I.am.scared   
    I am scared.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. iim    tee'áathva   
    2sg.    you.are.scared   
    Are you scared?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  4. tu'áathva   
    she.was.afraid   
    She was afraid (of being exposed).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  5. áathva    ukyáatih   
    be.afraid    she.was.making.her   
    She made her afraid.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  6. vaa    kumá'ii    pa'áathva    ukyáavunaati   
    that    because.of    be.afraid    he.makes   
    That's why he scared them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  7. víri    naa    tá    ná'aathva   
    so    1sg.    PERF    I.am.afraid   
    I'm afraid.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  8. máruk    hôoyva    ni'ípahoo    tá    ná'aathva   
    uphill    somewhere    I.go.back    PERF    I.am.afraid   
    I'm going uphill somewhere; I'm afraid."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    uxus    tá    ná'aathva    kip    nusúmahtih   
    then    then    she.thought    PERF    I'm.afraid    just    we.are.detecting.a.sound   
    And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    upiip    áp    ná'aathvat    víri    tá    ni'ípak   
    then    then    he.said    PAST    I.was.afraid    so    PERF    I.came.back   
    And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  11. káruma    kári    pa'áraaras    kári    pa'áraaras    kári    kun'áathvunaatih   
    in.fact    then    the.Indians    then    the.Indians    then    they.were.afraid   
    (But) the fact was, the Indians were still afraid.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  12. pa'ápsuun    ithyáruk    kuníshkaakaraanik    xás    paaxíich    tá    kun'áathva    xás    kuníhmar   
    the.snakes    across    they.jumped.over.water    then    the.children    PERF    they.were.afraid    then    they.ran   
    The snakes have jumped across, and the children are afraid, and they ran.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text