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áah fire, lantern, electric light, electricity
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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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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 textxas 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 textáah tá nikyâatih fire PERF I.make I made a fire. Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Playvaa tá 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
Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Playxás káru nuu aah nukyáati îikam then also we fire we.were.making.it outdoors And we made a fire outside. 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playahapîimich 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
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playaah nipikyâat fire I.made I made a fire. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpá'aah chími pikyav the.fire soon repair Build a fire! Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkoovúra 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 textxás vúra fâat chími pá'aah kunikyâareesh tá 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás pa'áraar kunpiip káruma pá'aah tá 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás aah tóo kyav then fire he.had make Then he made a fire. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textxás 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 textxás 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 textxás 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 textkári 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 textaah 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 textkári 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 textkári 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 textchavúra 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 textkári 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 textta'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 textvíri 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 textkáru 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 textvaa 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 textxás 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 textpúyava îikam áhkaam tá 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 textpúyava aah tá kuníkyav you.see fire PERF they.made.it They built a fire. Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full textxás 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 textxás patá kunpíkniihvahaak pá'aah tá 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 textxás 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 textkáan 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 textsurukúnvuunup 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 textxás 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 textaah tóo kyav fire he.has make He made a fire. Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full textaah píshiich tá kuníkyav fire first PERF they.made.it First they built a fire. Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full textxás yáas aah ávahkam tá 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