Ararahih'urípih
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áan string, twine, thread, rope

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #33 | revised Nov 07 2014

áan N • string, twine, thread, rope

Derivatives (4)
achkún'aan "snare to catch thrushes"
arará'aan "Indian string"
simsím'aan "cable"
xahá'aan "spider thread, spider silk"

Source: WB 93, p.317; JPH mat 07:395R

Note: Iris string 3/32 inch in diameter; thinner than thamvâan.

  • xás uparíshriihva antunvêech. And he twined little strings. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 005]
  • púyava koovura paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav. And all the spiders, they all made their string. [Reference: WB T33.53]


Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (34)

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  1. áankunish    sú'    usasípiithva    áachip    áankunish    u'ishipváraahiti    koovúra    vookupíti    pamupírish    áachip    áankunish    u'ishipváraahitih   
    string-like    inside    it.swirls.around    middle    string-like    it.runs.in.through    all    it.was.doing.it.that.way    its.foliage    middle    string-like    it.runs.through   
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  2. hôoy    pami'áan   
    where    your.rope   
    Where is your rope?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. pamu'áan    uum    îikam   
    his.rope    3.SG    outdoors   
    His rope is outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  4. pa'ápsuun    uum    vúra    vâaram    pa'áan    uum    ipshûunkinich   
    the.snake    3.SG    Intensive    long    the.rope    3.SG    low   
    The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  5. pa'ápsuun    káru    pa'áan    xákaan    vúra    yav   
    the.snake    also    the.rope    both    Intensive    good   
    The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. kâan    uvararîihvutih    káan    pá'aan   
    there    it.is.hanging    there    the.rope   
    It's hanging on the rope.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. xás    vaa    táay    tuparíshriihva    pá'aan   
    then    so    much    he.twined    the.string   
    So he twined a lot of string.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. ta'ítam    ukífukvaheen    pá'aan   
    so    he.tied.it.in.a.bundle    the.string   
    Then he tied the string in a bundle.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    u'árihroov    áan    ithá'iithva    antunvêech    vaa    poovúpareesh    peeshpuk   
    then    then    he.went.upriver    string    one.pack-load    a.little.string    so    which.he.will.string.it.with    the.dentalium.shells   
    And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. víri    vaa    patóo    thvásip    tóo    thvároov    pá'aan   
    so    so    when.he.had    pack.up    he.had    pack.upriver    the.string   
    When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. xás    uparíshriihva    antunvêech   
    then    he.twined.them    little.string   
    And he twined little strings.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. úma    vaa    ukúphaanik    pámitva    ithéeshyav    uparíshriihva    antunvêech   
    emphatic(?)    so    he.did.it    when.previously    all.winter    he.twined.them    little.string   
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás    íp    táay    áan    usáanvutihat    káruma    vaa    íp    uvúpareeshat    pamúspuk   
    then    PAST    much    string    he.was.carrying.it    in.fact    that    PAST    he.was.going.to.string.his.money.with.it    his.money   
    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. xás    pihnêefich    upíip    chími    aan    nuparíshriihvunaa   
    then    coyote    he.said    soon    string    let's.twine.them   
    Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  15. xás    pa'aantunvêech    kun'ivitshurooti    víri    vaa    u'ífiktih   
    then    the.little.strings    they.picked.them.off    so    so    he.was.picking.up   
    And when they picked off the little strings, he was picking them up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  16. xás    ta'ítam    kunkunihúraanaheen    pá'aan   
    then    so    they.shot.it.up    the.string   
    And so they shot the string up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  17. pihnêefich    upíip    naa    píshiip    paniní'aan    á'    kiikuníhuraa   
    coyote    he.said    1sg.    first    my.string    above    shoot.it.up   
    Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  18. xás    pa'avansatinihyâach    upíip    chími    naa    paniní'aan    kiikuníhuraa   
    then    the.little.flat.man    he.said    soon    1sg.    my.string    shoot.it.up   
    Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  19. xás    pá'aan    ukéen   
    then    the.string    it.quivered   
    And the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  20. xás    pihnêefich    u'aachíchha    xás    upíip    kúnish    íp    nípaat    pamú'aan    uum    káan    úkyiimeesh   
    then    coyote    he.was.happy    then    he.said    sort.of    PAST    I.said    his.string    3.SG    there    it.will.go.through.the.air   
    And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  21. kári    xás    kunpiip    chimi    nuparíshriihvi    chimi    aan    nukyav   
    then    then    they.said    soon    let's.twine    soon    string    we.make.it   
    And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. kári    xás    pihnêefich    vúra    uum    táay        pamú'aan   
    then    then    coyote    Intensive    3.SG    much    PERF    his.string   
    And Coyote had a lot of string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  23. púyava    koovúra    paxah    koovúra    mukún'aan    kuníkyav   
    you.see    all    the.spiders    all    their.string    they.made.it   
    And all the spiders, all made their string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  24. kári    xás    pihnêefich    mú'aan    píshiich    kunkuníhuraa   
    then    then    coyote    his.string    first    they.shot.it.up   
    And they shot Coyote's string up first.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  25. koovúra    paxáh        kunkuníhuraa    pamukún'aan   
    all    the.spiders    PERF    they.shot.it.up    their.string   
    All the spiders shot up their string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  26. kári    xás    xahamíchmiich    kári    xás    u'êethraa    pamú'aan   
    then    then    spider.sp    then    then    he.brought.it.up    his.string   
    Then (the spider called) xahamíchmiich brought up his string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  27. xás    vúra    nîinamich    pooyrúhahiti    pamú'aan   
    then    Intensive    little    that.it.was.coiled    his.string   
    And his string was coiled just small.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  28. kári    xás    upíip    pihnêefich    yee    hûut    inísheesh    pamí'aan    húuk    paathmi   
    then    then    he.said    coyote    well    how    you.will.do.with.it    your.string    to.where    throw.it.to   
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  29. xás    u'êe    pá'aan   
    then    he.gives    the.rope   
    And he gave him the rope.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  30. xás    pa'uripih'ípan    anxára    unhîishrih   
    then    the.end.of.the.net    a.long.string    he.tied.it.to   
    And they tied a long string to the end of the net.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  31. púyava    pa'ipanîich    pa'áama    tu'uumáhaak    púyava    pa'áan    tóo    kéen   
    you.see    when.at.the.end    the.salmon    it.arrived.there    you.see    the.string    it.had    move   
    When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text