Ararahih'urípih
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ithivthaneen'ípan at the end of the world

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lexicon ID #3264 | revised Feb 09 2015

ithivthaneen'ípan • N • at the end of the world

Literally: 'world-end'

Derivation:  ithívthaaneen ípan  (= thiv thaanêen ípan)
land end  (= lie.(of.one.thing) around end)

  • yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kunithvíripshipreenik. At the downriver end of the world they two started racing. [Reference: KS 17. Merganser and Salmon 003]

Sentence examples (6)


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  1. káru    ithivthaneen'ípan    tá    kunpávyiihma   
    also    at.end.of.world    PERF    they.want.back.to   
    And they went to the end of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  2. xás    uum    pihnêefich    ithivthaneen'ípan    u'uum   
    then    3.SG    coyote    at.end.of.world    he.arrived   
    Coyote reached the end of the world.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    upiip    káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    nivâaramutih   
    then    then    he.says    upriver    at.end.of.world    I.am.going   
    And he said, "I'm going upriver to the end of the world."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  4. yúruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    káan    xás    mukxurarahíram    úkyav   
    downriver    at.end.of.world    there    then    his.camp    he.made.it   
    He made his camp at the downriver end of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  5. víri    pootâatsip    pamutákasar    yá    káruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    úkuuyva   
    so    when.he.tossed.it    his.tossel    visible    upriver    at.end.of.world    it.landed   
    When he tossed his tossel, he saw it landed at the upriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. yá    yúruk    ithivthaneen'ípan    kúna    úkuuyva    patákasar   
    visible    downriver    at.end.of.world    in.addition    it.lands    the.tossel   
    He saw the tossel land in turn at the downriver end of the world.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text