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iin (two animate) to be, to be living, to be staying
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1664 | revised Aug 20 2005
iin • V • (two animate) to be, to be living, to be staying
Derivatives (4)
inákir "to live on"
íniish "(two) to sit down"
inóohvoo "(pl.) to stay all the time"
xakan'ínaam "dead spouse"
Source: WB 628, p.347; JPH mat 07:456
Note: Functions as durative. In the sense 'two live, stay', cf. sg. ikriv, pl. aráarahiti.
- pamuhrôoha xákaan káan kun'iin. He and his wife live there. [Reference: KV]
- kíri vaa káan ku'iin. We wish you two would live there. [Reference: DeA&F 2 Old Man Turtle 010]
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xas muyiimúsich káru ník u'áraarahiti áxak yeeripáxvuhsa kaan kun'iin then a.little.ways.off also a.little he.was.living two daughters there they.live And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there. Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textchi váa kúuk kiik'uumi kíri váa káan ku'iin kíri vaa mikun'ávan íf pufich'iykáraansas soon that to.there you.guys.go.there I.wish that there you.guys.live I.wish that your.husband truly deer-slayers "Go over there to live! That's where we want you to live! You had better marry those boys, they are such good hunters!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textxas upíip "xáyfaat ôok vúra kíik'iini then he.said don't! here Intensive you.guys.stay But he said, "Don't do that! Stay right here!" Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full textvaa káan ithasúpaah kun'íineesh kuntákinti yuxnaam so there all.day they.stayed they.soaked sand They stayed there all day, they soaked acorn dough in the fine sand. Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | PlayPay'ôok uum xákaan kun'íin pa'avansáxiich káru pachishiih right.here 3.SG both they.two.are.sitting the.boy also the.dog In this one here they're both sitting, the boy and dog. Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Playxás káan panamnih'ifápiit áxak kun'iin then there Orleans.girl two they.lived And two Orleans girls lived there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textxás yánava pa'ifápiitsha xákarari kun'íin poothivtapárahitihirak then visible the.girls on.both.sides they.sat where.there.was.a.war.dance And he saw the girls sitting on each side where people were war-dancing. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full textkáan avansáxiich áxak kun'íinanik there boy two they.once.lived Two boys once lived there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full textxás kári ifápiitsha kun'iin then then young.unmarried.women they.live And two young women lived there. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full textkáan pihnêefich úkrii muyeeripáxvu xákaan kun'iin muhrôoha támit u'ívat there coyote he.lives his.daughter both they.lived his.wife already.in.the.past she.died Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textáxak asiktâan kun'íinanik kustáaras ameekyáaraam two woman they.lived sister placename Two women, sisters, once lived at ameekyáaraam (Ike's Falls). Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textkári xás upíkvip sáruk káan pa'asiktávaansa kun'íinirak then then he.runs.back downhill there the.women where.they.live Then he ran downhill to where the women lived. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textpamutúnviiv úpeenvunaa ôok vúra kíik'iini her.children she.told.them here Intensive you.guys.stay! She told her children, "You stay here. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full textpathufkírik muhrôoha xákaan kun'íinanik the.great.horned.owl his.wife both they.lived Owl and his wife lived together. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textka'tim'îin kun'iin Ishi.Pishi.Falls they.lived They lived in Katimin. Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full textxasík vaa ík vúra kóo káan ku'íineesh paaxvâahar tóo msípishrihaak xasík kupínaavish then.(future) so must Intensive as.much.as there you.two.will.stay when.the.pitch-wood it.has cooled.down then.(future) you.will.come.back You must stay there until the pitch-wood is extinguished, then you will come back." Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full textxás umá káan ishkéeshtiim kun'iin then he.saw there on.the.edge.of.the.river they.were.there And he saw that they were there on the edge of the river. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full textikxunanáhaanich kun'íin mukeechíkyav xákaan evening.star they.were.living his.sweetheart with.(one.person) Evening Star lived with his sweetheart. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás xára vúra yâamach kunkupá'iinahitih then then long.time Intensive pretty they.lived.in.that.way And they lived nicely for a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textii víri chími núpiini oh! so soon let.us.live.as.two.again Oh, let's live as two again! Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full textkári xás upiip naa ni'aapúnmuti pamihrôovas hôoy kun'iin then then he.said 1sg. I.know your.wives where they.stay And he said, "I know where your wives are." Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textyúruk ithyáruk víri káan kun'íin pamihrôohas downriver across so there they.stay your.wives Your wives are there on the other side of the ocean. Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full textu'uum pakun'íinirak he.arrived where.they.lived He arrived where they lived. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textyee víri kún káan xás kun'iin pakéevniikich káru pa'ifápiit well so meaning.unknown there then they.were the.old.woman also the.young.woman Well, there they were, the old woman and the girl. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textkáan uyvéesh pakun'íinirak pa'asiktávaan there he.poured.it.out where.they.were the.women He poured it there where the women were. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full texttá xára vúra tá kun'iin PERF long.time Intensive PERF they.stayed They lived (there) a long time. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textpúyava vúra xánahishich káan tá kun'iin you.see Intensive little.while there PERF they.stayed So they stayed there for a little while. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textxás xákaan kunpiin then both they.lived.again And they lived together again. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full textkári iinâak nu'iin then indoors we.(two).stayed And we two (priestesses) stayed inside. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full textaxaksúpaa asuuxáras nu'íin káru ithéekxaram two.days fasting.ones we.(two).stayed also all.night We two stayed fasting for two days and a night. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text