Ararahih'urípih
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ih to dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1525 | revised Nov 03 2005

ih • V • to dance

Derivatives (19; show derivatives)

Source: WB 416, p.336

  • uxúti kíri ni'ih. He wants to dance. [Reference: KV]
  • vúra vaa kun'íihti. They kept dancing that way. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 016]

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  1. víri    pa'avansáxiich    uum    áachip    pakun'íihtih   
    so    the.boys    3.SG    middle    dancing   
    There were the boys dancing in the middle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. xás    pihnêefich    upíip    chími    naa    kan'íhi   
    then    coyote    he.said    soon    1sg.    dance   
    And Coyote said, "Let me dance!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. yakún    uumkun    yúruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    kun'íhmootih    káru    káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    kun'íhmootih   
    you.see    they    downriver    end.of.the.world    they.dance.to    also    upriver    end.of.the.world    they.dance.to   
    They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás    kunpíip    pa'avansáxiich    káan    tá    kun'íihmahaak    ík    kári    kupêethkeevish   
    then    they.said    the.boys    there    PERF    when.they.dance.to    must    then    you.will.pull.them.out   
    And they said, "When the boys dance to there, you people must pull them out."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  5. xás    kári    kun'íihvunaa   
    then    then    they.danced   
    Then they danced.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. xás    káan    pa'avansáxiich    tá    kun'íihma    poosúruruprinahitihirak   
    then    there    the.boys    PERF    they.danced.to    where.the.hole.was.through   
    And the boys danced there to where the hole was.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  7. vúra    vaa    kun'íihtih   
    Intensive    that    they.were.dancing.down.from.upriver   
    They kept dancing that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  8. vúra    vaa    kun'íihtih   
    Intensive    that    they.were.dancing.down.from.upriver   
    They kept dancing that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  9. kári    xás    káan    u'íihtih    u'íihtih   
    then    then    there    he.was.dancing    he.was.dancing   
    And there he danced and danced.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. xás    kunímuusti    iv'ávahkam    a'    poo'íihtih   
    then    they.were.looking.at.him    roof    above    as.he.was.dancing   
    And (Lizard) was looked at as he danced, up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  11. yuuxmachmahánach    vúra    vaa    u'íihtih   
    lizard.sp.    Intensive    so    he.was.dancing   
    Lizard was dancing like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  12. poopárihrishuk    víri    vaa    yuuxmachmahánach    iv'ávahkam    poo'íihtih    uthívtaaptih   
    when.he.jumped.back.out    so    so    lizard.sp.    roof    he.was.dancing    he.was.doing.a.war.dance   
    When (Lizard) came out, Lizard danced on the roof, he did a war dance.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  13. víri    vaa    kích    upíti    poo'íihtih    shakatíiyu'inaa    híyoo   
    so    so    only    he.was.saying    as.he.was.dancing    shakatíiyu'inaa    híyoo   
    He said only this as he danced, "shakatíiyu'inaa híyoo.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  14. tá    kuntápkuup    pakunímuustih    u'íihtih   
    PERF    they.like.him    when.they.watch.him    he.is.dancing   
    They liked him as they watched him, he was dancing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  15. kári    xás    víri    vaa    tupuxíchkaanva    poo'íihtih    kûufan 'an 'an 'an   
    then    then    so    that    he.worked.hard    when.he.was.dancing    kûufan 'an 'an 'an   
    And there he was exerting himself as he danced, (singing) "kûufan 'an 'an 'an."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  16. víri    vaa    kích    upítih    tupuxíchkaanva    vúra    tu'ih    too    máahrav   
    so    so    only    she.is.saying    she.has.worked.hard    Intensive    she.has.danced    she.has    track   
    That's all she would say, she's really dancing real hard, she's knowing things now:
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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