Ararahih'urípih
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ithvaay chest, breast, heart

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lexicon ID #3291 | revised Nov 07 2005

ithvaay • N • chest, breast, heart

Derivatives (4)
ithváaykam "front"
ithváy'aaxkunishich "name for a dog with a red chest"
ithvayfúrax "type of salamander, "waterdog""
ivíthvaaykam "(in) front of the house"

Source: WB 775, p.354; JPH ani 06:505

  • hínupay pamúthvaay tumátruk. That was his heart that popped. [Reference: ???]
  • vaa káan kúniihki mufithíhkaam mupîimich, vaa káan pamúthvaay utháaniv. Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 068]

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  1. vaa    uum    vúra    hitíhaan    araréethvaayvari    vaa    kóo    vâaramas-hitih   
    that    3.SG    Intensive    always    towards.a.person's.chest    so    as.much.as    being.tall   
    But most of the time they come up to a person's chest.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  2. múthvaay    tóo    kúha   
    his.chest    it.has    be.sick   
    His chest hurts.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  3. xás    kunipêer    vaa    káan    kúniihki    mufithíhkaam    mupîimich    vaa    káan    pamúthvaay    utháaniv   
    then    they.told.him    so    there    shoot.at.him!    his.big.toe    next.to.it    so    there    his.heart    it.lies   
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  4. káruma    tá    púfaat    pamúthvaay   
    in.fact    PERF    nothing    his.heart   
    The fact was, his heart was gone.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  5. kári    xasík    vúra    múthvaay    upmáheesh   
    then    then.(future)    Intensive    his.heart    he.will.see.it.again   
    And he was going to find his heart again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  6. kári    xasík    pamúthvaay    upmáheesh   
    then    then.(future)    his.heart    he.will.see.it.again   
    And he was going to find his heart again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    ithváay    u'aktararíshriihva   
    then    then    chest    he.pressed.his.hands.down   
    Then he pressed his hands on their chests.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text