Ararahih'urípih
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íinka / íinku- to be on fire, to burn

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1677 | revised Nov 11 2014

íinka / íinku- • V • to be on fire, to burn

Derivation:  iin-ka
burn-to

Derivatives (2)
iinkárav "to burn up"
iinkúvath "to burn (something)"

Source: WB 622.1, p.347

  • peekrívraam tu'íinka. The house is on fire. [Reference: KV]
  • pá'aah u'iinkúti. The fire is burning. [Reference: KV]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (14)

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  1. pa'áhup    uum    tu'íinka   
    the.wood    3.SG    it.is.burning   
    The wood is burning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  2. pa'áhup    uum    áak    tu'íinka   
    the.wood    3.SG    in.the.fire    it.is.burning   
    The wood is burning in the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. tu'íinka   
    It.has.burned.   
    It burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  4. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    xás    vúra    tu'íinka   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    then    Intensive    it.has.burned   
    She cooked the fish and it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  5. pa'áama    tóo    mnish    xás    tu'íinka   
    the.fish    she.has    cook    then    it.has.burned   
    She cooked the fish until it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  6. pa'ápxaan    tu'íinka   
    the.hat    it.has.burned   
    The hat burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  7. pa'ápxaan    vúra    tu'íinka    ikxáramkunish   
    the.hat    Intensive    it.has.burned    black   
    The hat burned black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  8. hinupáy    pamu'afupchúrax    poo'iinkútih   
    surprise    his.anus    that.it.was.burning   
    There it was his anus burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. hinupáy    íp    pa'axváha    mûuk    upsívshaapat    hinupáy    vaa    poo'iinkútih   
    surprise    PAST    the.pitch    with.(by.means.of)    he.sealed.it.up    surprise    that    that.it.was.burning   
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. yánava    tá    ná'iinka   
    visible    PERF    I'm.on.fire   
    He saw, (he said), "I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. chími    vaa    u'íinka    pa'axváha    pamu'áfup   
    soon    so    it.burned    the.pitch    his.buttocks   
    Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. xás    vúra    patu'iinkáyaachha    xás    tée    imnakákaam   
    then    Intensive    when.it.had.burned.well    then    PERF    big.coal   
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  13. cháas    neepchívchaaksurih    tá    ni'íinka   
    younger.brother    open.back.up.the.door.for.me    PERF    I'm.burning   
    "Younger brother, open the door for me, I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  14. xás    kúkuum    vúra    tóo    kpêehva    neepchívchaaksurih    tá    ni'íinka   
    then    again    Intensive    he.did    shout    open.back.up.the.door.for.me    PERF    I'm.burning   
    And again he shouted, "Open the door for me, I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text