Ararahih'urípih
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ikríihva to fish with a set-net

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1977 | revised Dec 05 2014

ikríihva • V • to fish with a set-net

Derivation:  ikrih-va
fish-PL.ACT

Source: WB 485.5, p.338

  • úkriihvuti pihnêefich kóova pakun'áraarahitihanik. Coyote was fishing while the people were staying with him. [Reference: KT 152.16]

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  1. xás    ta'ítam    úkriihvaheen    pasípnuuk    upakurîihvutih   
    then    so    it.fished.with.a.set-net    the.storage.basket    he.was.singing   
    Then the storage basket fished, it was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  2. kâam    kiimúsan    póokriihvutihirak   
    little.upriver    you.guys.go.to.look!    where.he.is.fishing.with.a.set-net   
    Go look upriver where he's fishing."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  3. yánava    káan    úkriihvutih    upakurîihvutih   
    visible    there    he.was.fishing.with.a.set-net    he.was.singing   
    They saw him there fishing, he was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  4. xás    yúruk    pakunpávyiihma    tá    kunpiip    uum    vúra    pihnêefich    kâam    úkriihvutih    upakurîihvutih   
    then    downriver    when.they.went.back    PERF    they.said    3.SG    Intensive    coyote    little.upriver    he.is.fishing.with.a.set-net    he.was.singing   
    And when they got back downriver, they said, "It's Coyote upriver fishing, he's singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. xás    kunpíip    uum    pihnêefich    pathivtaaptíhan    pu'uumhára    peekriihvútihan   
    then    they.said    3.SG    coyote    who.is.dancing    not.him    who.is.fishing   
    And they said, "It's Coyote who's dancing, it's not him that's fishing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  6. yánava    káan    ára    úkriihvutih   
    visible    there    person    he.was.fishing   
    They saw a man fishing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  7. xás    vaa    káan    kuníkriihva    táay    kuníykar    pa'áama   
    then    so    there    they.fished.(with.a.set-net)    much    they.caught.them    the.salmon   
    And they fished there, they caught a lot of fish.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text

  8. pa'áraar    uum    pa'áama    ukupéekriihvahitih   
    the.Indian    3.SG    the.salmon    he.fished.for.them.in.a.certain.way   
    The Indians fished for salmon in a certain way.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  9. púyava    pakuníkriihvuti    vaa    káan    kunkûuntako    peemvirak'ípan   
    you.see    when.they.fished    so    there    they.sat.on    on.top.of.the.fishing.platform   
    So when they fished, they sat there on top of the fishing platform.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text