Ararahih'urípih
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áhish / áhishrih- to set or light a fire

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lexicon ID #200 | revised Oct 31 2014

áhish / áhishrih- • V • to set or light a fire

Literally: 'to put fire down'

Derivation:  áah-ish  (= áah-a-ish)
fire-down  (= handle.fire-DEVERB-down)

Source: WB 29.2, p.315

  • hâari xunyéepriik káru kun'ahíshriihvuti. Sometimes they also burn where the tan oak trees are. [Reference: TK 64.13]
  • vaa mít vúra kích kunkupítihat pakun'ahísriihvutihat papiríshriik yíthakuneek, yakúnva uum yêepsha u'íifti pakookfâachas. All they used to do was to burn the brush at various places, so good things would grow up. [Reference: TK 63.27]

See áah1 'to handle fire'

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. píshiich    tá    nu'ahíshriihvanva   
    first    PERF    we.went.in.order.to.set.fires   
    First we went and set fires.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  2. vaa    mít    kári    uum    nu'ahíshriihvutihat   
    so    near.past    then    3.SG    we.were.setting.fires   
    We used to set fires (to encourage the growth of the brush).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text