Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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 | Play
  2. No, I just wrap it up kinda,    xás    vaa    vúra        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
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  3. víri    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
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  4. naníxvaah    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
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  5. manâa    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
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  6. Well, 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
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  7. vaa    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
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  8. yúxnaam    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
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  9. mu'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
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  10. tóo    hruv.   
    PERF    use   
    He used it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  11. ipít    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
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  12. peekrupkáanvar    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
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  13. yúfish    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
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  14. yúfish    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
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  15. víri    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 text
  16. 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
  17. púyava    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 text
  18. pa'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 text
  19. xás    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 text
  20. yáas    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