Ararahih'urípih
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itíhaan always, constantly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3382 | revised Nov 07 2005

itíhaan • ADV • always, constantly Variant: hitíhaan, hitíhaanik.

Source: WB 751, p.353

  • xás káruk vúra itíhaan vúra ithéekxaram xúus ni'éethti. And upriver I was taking care of him all night. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 007]
  • kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvuti. Madrone was always wandering around idly. [Reference: WB T35.12]

Sentence examples (24)


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  1. úum    papihnîichich    vúra    kich    itíhaan    iinâak    úkrii    áah    ukyâatih   
    3.SG    the.little.old.man.    Intensive    only    always    indoors    he.sat    fire    he.was.making.it   
    Their old man always sat inside, tending the fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    itíhan    kuméekxaram    nanitúnviiv    vaa    pay'ôok    kun'írunaatiheesh   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    Intensive    as.much.as    always    its.night    my.children    so    right.here    they.will.pass   
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. naa    vúra    itíhaan    máh'iitnihich    níkfuuksipriv   
    1sg.    Intensive    always    early.morning    I.get.up   
    I always get up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. kâarim    nipmahóonkoonati    patá    níkviit-hitih    itíhaan   
    bad    I.feel    when    I.am.sleeping    always   
    I feel bad when I am always sleeping.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. naa    vúra    itíhaan    panihêeratih   
    1sg.    Intensive    always    I.smoke   
    I always smoke.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  6. naa    vúra    itíhaan    nihêeratih   
    1sg.    Intensive    always    I.smoke   
    I am always smoking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  7. vaa    vúra    vaa    itíhaan    vúra    vaa    u'ákunvuti    káru   
    that    Intensive    that    always    Intensive    that    he.was.hunting    also   
    He was always doing that, he was always hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  8. manâa    vaa    pa'ávansa    vúra    vaa    puxích    mít    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ikpíhan   
    maybe    that    the.man    Intensive    that    very.much    near.past    Intensive    always    Intensive    strong   
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. papúsihich    vúra    itíhaan    ukvíit-hitih   
    the.cat    Intensive    always    it.is.sleeping   
    The cat is always sleeping.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  10. panipihnîichhaak    vúra    itíhaan    nikvíit-hitiheesh   
    when.I.get.to.be.an.old.man    Intensive    always    I.will.be.sleeping   
    When I get to be an old man, I'll be sleeping all the time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  11. uum    vura    itíhaan    neepsháravriiktih   
    3.SG    Intensive    always    she.helped.me   
    She always helps me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  12. uum    vúra    itíhaan    îin    neepsháravriiktih   
    3.SG    Intensive    always    TOPIC    she.helped.me   
    She always helps me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  13. itíhaan    îin    neepsháravrik   
    always    TOPIC    she.helps.me   
    She always helps me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  14. xás    vúra    uum    itíhaan    táay    nanu'áhup   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    always    much    our.wood   
    We always had a lot of wood.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
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  15. xás    upíip    pa'íshaha    itárivramnihaak    vaa    kári    vúra    itasámsaamtiheesh    itíhaan    peekóohaak    uum    vaa    get    lumpy   
    then    she.said    when.water    you.pour.it.in    that    then    Intensive    you.will.stir.it    always    if.you.stop    3.SG    so    get    lumpy   
    And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  16. xás    káruk    vúra    itíhaan    vúra    ithéekxaram    xúus    ni'éethti   
    then    upriver    Intensive    always    Intensive    all.night    thought    1s(>3)   
    And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  17. manâa    naa    mít    káru    nîinamich    itíhaan    áhup    nukyâati    pananitípa    xákaan    áhup    núkpaakti   
    maybe    1sg.    near.past    also    little    always    wood    we.were.gathering    my.brother    both    wood    we.were.chopping   
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  18. kúkuum    vúra    tanupipêer    itíhaan    vaa    vúra    áhup    nukyâati   
    again    Intensive    we.told.each.other    always    that    Intensive    wood    we're.gathering   
    Again we told each other, “We’re always gathering wood.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  19. víri    vaa    kumá'ii    pa'itíhaan    nuu    xás    nukyáviichvuti    aa    íshaha    káru    núktaamti   
    so    that    because.of    always    we    then    we.workee        water    also    we.carried   
    That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  20. vúra    itíhaan    panukyáviichvuti   
    Intensive    always    we.were.working   
    We were always working.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  21. akráa    itíhaan    vúra    kuníthtiitih   
    eel    always    Intensive    they're.gambling   
    They were always gambling (with) Eel.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  22. kusrípan    uum    vúra    itíhaan    uvunayvîichvutih   
    madrone.tree    3.SG    Intensive    always    he.was.wandering.idly   
    Madrone was always wandering around idly.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  23. víri    vaa    vúra    kumakári    kumáheesh    kusrípan    itíhaan    kumahárinay    tu'ur   
    so    so    Intensive    still    you.will.see.him    madrone.tree    always    its.year    he.peels   
    You will see him that way still, every year he peels.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  24. uum    vúra    itíhaan    kumamáh'iit    tóo    kvátar    itukuk'afishríhan   
    3.SG    Intensive    always    its.morning    he.had    go.get.sweathouse.wood    itúkuk.young.man   
    The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text