Ararahih'urípih
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áah fire, lantern, electric light, electricity

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #10 | revised Sep 22 2014

áah N • fire, lantern, electric light, electricity

Derivation áah-a
handle.fire-DEVERB

Derivatives (14; show derivatives)

Source: WB 29.1, p.314; G761

Note: In compounds, sometimes aha-, sometimes ah-. Note that locative is áak 'in the fire'.

  • naa vúra pishîip áhkaam tánikyav. I first make a big fire. [Reference: KS31. Coyote Calls Birds 023]

See áah1 'to handle fire'


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  1. úum    papihnîichich    vúra    kich    itíhaan    iinâak    úkrii    áah    ukyâatih   
    3.SG    the.little.old.man.    Intensive    only    always    indoors    he.sat    fire    he.was.making.it   
    Their old man always sat inside, tending the fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. xas    áhkaam    kun'íkyav   
    then    big.fire    they.made.it   
    And they built a big fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. áah        nikyâatih   
    fire    PERF    I.make   
    I made a fire.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. vaa        nikyâatih    pá'aah   
    so    PERF    I.make    the.fire   
    So I made the fire.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. xás    káru    nuu    aah    nukyáati    îikam   
    then    also    we    fire    we.were.making.it    outdoors   
    And we made a fire outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  6. vaa    káan    aah    tóo    kyav   
    that    there    fire    he.has    make   
    He's building a fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. ahapîimich    kaan    úkrii   
    next.to.the.fire    there    he.sits   
    He's sitting close to the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  8. aah    nipikyâat   
    fire    I.made   
    I made a fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  9. pá'aah    chími    pikyav   
    the.fire    soon    repair   
    Build a fire!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  10. xás    úmsip    pá'aah   
    then    it.was.extinguished    the.fire   
    Then the fire went out.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  11. xás    kunpiip    xâatik    vúra    pá'aah    nupáxraam   
    then    they.said    it's.better    Intensive    the.fire    we.bet.it   
    Then they said, "Let's bet the fire."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  12. xás    ta'ítam    pá'aah    kunpêechiprin   
    then    so    the.fire    they.took.it.away   
    And so they took away the fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  13. xás    ta'ítam    koovúra    pá'aah    kunímshiipva    ôokninay   
    then    so    all    the.fires    they.went.out    around.here   
    And so all the fire went out around here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  14. koovúra    ník    kunikyâavarihva    pá'aah    kunkupeekyâaheesh   
    all    a.little    they.tried.it    that.the.fire    they.will.make.it.thus   
    They tried everything to make fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  15. xás    vúra    fâat    chími    pá'aah    kunikyâareesh        kunpíimshavunaa   
    then    Intensive    what    soon    the.fire    they.will.make.it.with.it    PERF    they.were.freezing   
    Then what were they to make fire with? They were freezing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  16. xás    kári    pihnêefich    upiip    naa    xâatik    nivâaram    pá'aah    nipêethkiv   
    then    then    coyote    he.said    1sg.    it's.better    I.go    the.fire    I.take.it.back   
    So Coyote said, "Let me go, I'll take the fire away again."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  17. xás    pakáan    u'úum    yánava    vúra    áhtaay    má'ninay    úmkuufhinaatih    u'iinvúnaatih   
    then    when.there    he.arrived    visible    Intensive    lots.of.fire    high.mountain.country    there.was.a.lot.of.smoke    there.were.forest.fires   
    And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  18. xás    patóo    kfuuyshur    xás    kári    payítha    u'êe    pá'aah   
    then    when.he.had    be.tired    then    then    the.one    he.gives.it.to.him    the.fire   
    And when he got tired, then he gave the fire to the (next) one.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  19. xás    paka'má'ninay    pá'aah    koovúra    úmsiipvunaa   
    then    the.upriver.mountains    the.fire    all    it.went.out   
    Then all the fire went out in the upriver mountains.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  20. xás    pa'áraar    kunpiip    káruma    pá'aah        kinpêetheep   
    then    the.people    they.said    in.fact    the.fire    PERF    they.took.it.back.from.us   
    And the people said, "They've taken the fire away from us!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  21. xás    pa'asáxvuh    kun'êe    pá'aah   
    then    Turtle    they.gave.him    the.fire   
    And they gave the fire to Turtle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  22. xás    uyúhish    pá'aah    kufipshúruk   
    then    he.spat.it.out    the.fire    under.a.willow   
    And he spat out the fire under a willow.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  23. xás    aah    tóo    kyav   
    then    fire    he.had    make   
    Then he made a fire.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  24. xás    upíip    pirishkâarim    á'    nutákarariheesh    súrukam    aah    nikyâavish    papupasupíichvahaak   
    then    he.said    grizzly    above    I.will.hang.you.up    under    fire    I.will.make    if.you.don't.tell   
    Then Grizzly Bear said, "I'll hang you up, I'll make a fire under you if you don't tell."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  25. xás    kári    pa'avansáxiich    aah    úkyav    ikmaháchraam   
    then    then    the.boy    fire    he.made.it    sweathouse   
    Then the boy made a fire in the sweathouse.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  26. xás    aah    kích    úkfuukiraa   
    then    fire    only    she.grabbed   
    But she grabbed just the fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  27. kári    xás    aah    mûuk    koovúra    u'aahkóonaa    pamukunfíthi    pakuníkviit-hinaa   
    then    then    fire    with.(by.means.of)    all    he.burned.them    their.feet    while.they.slept   
    So he burned all their feet with fire while they slept.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  28. aah    uum    úpaanik    púra fâat    vúra    îin    na'íshiptiheeshara   
    fire    3.SG    he.says    nothing    Intensive    TOPIC    he.will.be.putting.me.out   
    Fire once said, "Nothing can put me out."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  29. kári    xás    pá'aah    ta'ítam    u'iinaaheen   
    then    then    the.fire    so    it.burned.uphill   
    Then Fire burned uphill (toward her).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  30. kári    xás    pá'aah    kaanvárih    u'uum   
    then    then    the.fire    in.that.direction    he.arrives   
    Then Fire arrived close to there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  31. chavúra    púra kára    îin    ishkáxishrihmathap    pá'aah   
    finally    nobody    TOPIC    he.stops.him    the.fire   
    Finally nothing stopped Fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  32. kári    xás    upiip    aah    naa    vúra    púra fâat    îin    neeshkáxishrihmatheesh   
    then    then    he.says    fire    1sg.    Intensive    nothing    TOPIC    it.will.stop.me   
    And Fire said, "Nothing can stop me."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  33. ta'ítam    umsípaheen    pá'aah   
    so    it.went.out    the.fire   
    And Fire went out.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  34. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    payêem    íshaha    xás    vúra    kumá'ii    úmsiipti    aah   
    so    that    because.of    now    water    then    Intensive    because.of    it.puts.it.out    fire   
    For that reason it's water now, that's why it puts out fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  35. káru    vaa    kumá'ii    koovúra    kumakeemishatunvêechas    kun'áayti    aah   
    also    that    because.of    all    kinds.of.little.wild.animals    they.are.afraid    fire   
    And that's why all the little wild animals are afraid of fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text
  36. vaa    xás    pá'aah    ukyâanik    xás    yánava    utháaniv   
    so    then    the.fire    he.made.it    then    visible    he.was.lying.(there)   
    Then he built the fire, and then they saw him lying there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text
  37. xás    áhkaam    tóo    kyav   
    then    a.big.fire    he.had    make   
    And they made a big fire.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text
  38. púyava    îikam    áhkaam        kuníkyav   
    you.see    outdoors    big.fire    PERF    they.make.it   
    So they made a big fire outdoors.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text
  39. púyava    aah        kuníkyav   
    you.see    fire    PERF    they.made.it   
    They built a fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  40. xás    vaa    káan    pá'aah    kunikyâatih   
    then    so    there    the.fire    they.made   
    And they made the fire there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  41. xás    patá    kunpíkniihvahaak    pá'aah        kuníkyav    vaa    kuníhruuvti    tahpus'áptiik   
    then    when    when.they.sweat.themselves    the.fire    PERF    they.make    so    they.use    fir.boughs   
    And when they sweated themselves, they made the fire, they used fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text
  42. xás    pa'iinâak    ah'ávahkam    usasípiithva    taskanatunvêechas   
    then    on.the.inside    above.the.fire    they.were.stretched.around    little.poles   
    And on the inside, above the fire, little poles were stretched around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text
  43. káan    aah    tóo    kyáar   
    there    fire    he.had    went.in.order.to.make   
    He went to make a fire there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  44. surukúnvuunup    vaa    káan    aah    kunikyâatih    kuníshriimtih   
    Sing-Ho.Bar    so    there    fire    they.were.making.it    they.were.shooting.at.targets   
    They made a fire there at surukúnvuunup (Sing-Ho Bar), they shot at targets.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  45. xás    vaa    yíiv    yúruk    xumvaroomáruk    áhkaam    tóo    kyav   
    then    so    far    downriver    uphill.from.xumvároov    big.fire    he.had    make   
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  46. aah    tóo    kyav   
    fire    he.has    make   
    He made a fire.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  47. aah    píshiich        kuníkyav   
    fire    first    PERF    they.made.it   
    First they built a fire.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  48. xás    yáas    aah    ávahkam        kunpíkyav   
    then    then    fire    over    PERF    they.made.it.again   
    Then they made another fire on top.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text