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ihruv to use; to hire
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1584 | revised Nov 03 2005
ihruv • V • to use; to hire
Derivatives (5)
ihnooháhiich "common-law wife"
ihrôoha "wife"
ihrôohaha "(man) to marry (a woman)"
ihrooháhaan "ex-wife"
ihroohéeshiip "best married woman (in a family)"
Source: WB 425, p.336
Note: JPH ani 06:689 gives mng 'to have someone do an errand'.
- asúxiim punéehruuvtihara. I don't use sugar. [Reference: KV]
- kúna vúra púvaa mít ihrúuvtihapha, pa'ûumukich veehêeraha. But they never used that, the tobacco near the houses. [Reference: TK 78.9]
Sentence examples (20)
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patûupichas uum ihrôovish the.little.ones 3.SG you.will.use.them You can use the little ones. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | PlayNo, I just wrap it up kinda, xás vaa vúra tá nihruv No, I just wrap it up kinda, then so Intensive PERF I.use.it No, I just wrap it up kinda, and I just use it like that [as an unfinished basket]. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playvíri vaa man vaa péehruuvtih so so why... so that.you.use.it Of course, because you use it like that. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playnaníxvaah níhruuvti níxus vaa páy ninísheesh my.head I'm.using.it I.think so this I'll.do.like.this I'm using my head, I think, “I'll do like this.” Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playmanâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv maybe don't.try let.not big.ones I.use Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | PlayWell, whatever you got manâa vaa ihrôovish Well, whatever you got maybe so you'll.use.it Well, whatever you got, that's what you'll use. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Playvaa payíth kôok kuníhruuvtihanik patákiram so a.different kind they.used.to.use the.soaking.basket They used to use a different kind of soaking basket. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playyúxnaam vaa káan púva néehruuvtihara payúxnaam sand that there not.yet I.didn't.use the.fine.sand Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Playmu'áasravar tóo hruv. his.head PERF-3SG use He used his brain. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playtóo hruv. PERF use He used it. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playipít pamu'ásravara uhrúuvtih. yesterday his.head he.used.it Yesterday he used his brain. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playpeekrupkáanvar nihrúuvti pa'as vaa nishxâareesh the.fork I.am.using.it . I.will.go.fishing.with I am going to go fishing with a fork. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playyúfish káru ni'ihrôovish vaa paninívuh nipithxáheesh salt also I.will.use.it so my.teeth I.will.wash.it I am going to use salt to brush my teeth. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playyúfish ni'ihrôovish vaa káru nipithxáheesh pananívuh salt I.will.use.it so there I.will.wash.it my.teeth I am going to use salt to brush my teeth. Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playvíri hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen u'iináhaak vaa vúra kóo kuníhruuvtiheesh pasímsiim so somehow as.much.as land when.it.exists that Intensive as.much.as they.will.be.using the.knife However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | 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 textpúyava xás arátaanva tupíhruv you.see then disease she.used Then she used the pain (i.e. danced and sang with it). Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full textpa'aneekyávaan uum pírish pa'óohruuvtih káru hâari pirish'éepuum the.sweating.doctor 3.SG plant he.used also sometime plant.roots The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots. Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full textxás mít vaa káan asiktávaan uhróot then near.past so there woman he.hired He hired a woman there. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full textyáas nanítaat kuníhruv pikvah then my.mother they.hired tell.stories Then my mother was hired for story-telling. Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text