Ararahih'urípih
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ikyívunih to fall downward

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lexicon ID #2380 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyívunih • V • to fall downward

Derivation:  ikyiv-unih
fall-down

  • ipvûunihi, xáy ikyívunih. Come back down, you might fall down! [Reference: Nettie Reuben, "Bullhead & Kunâach'aa", 1950a:18.]
  • peemáhaak, nanipíkvas tookyívunih, táni'iv. When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 009]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. akvaat    tóo    kyívunih   
    raccoon    it.has    fall.downward   
    The raccoon fell down.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
    Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play

  2. akvaat    fátaak    ukyívunih   
    raccoon    somewhere    he.fell.downwards   
    The raccoon fell out of the tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  3. xás    upikyívunih   
    then    it.fell.back.down   
    But it fell back down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás    upêer    pamukîit    peemáhaak    nanipíkvas    tóo    kyívunih    tá    ni'iv   
    then    he.told.her    his.grandmother    if.you.see    my.headdress-feather    it.has    fall.downward    PERF    I.died   
    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  5. xás    vúra    ii    xáas    vúra    ukyívuni    pamupíkvas    tóo    xus    ii    tu'iv   
    then    Intensive    oh!    almost    Intensive    it.fell.downward    the.headdress-feather    she.had    think    oh!    he.had.died   
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  6. xás    ukúniihka    ukyívunih   
    then    he.shot.at.them    it.fell.down   
    Then they shot (a squirrel), (and) it fell down.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  7. poo'áaksur    pirishkâarim    sáruk    uikyívunih   
    when.he.releases.the.arrow    grizzly    downhill    she.fell.downhill   
    When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  8. yiimúsich    kúna    uum    táma    upikyívunih   
    little.ways.off    in.addition    3.SG    then    it.fell.back.down   
    But it fell down again just a little ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  9. yiimúsich    ník    tu'uum    kári    tupikyívunih   
    little.ways.off    a.little    it.went    then    it.fell.back.down   
    It went a little ways, then it fell down again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text