Ararahih'urípih
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itxâarihva / itxâarihvu- to wake up; to open one's eyes

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3439 | revised Aug 18 2015

itxâarihva / itxâarihvu- • V • to wake up; to open one's eyes

Derivation:  it-xaarih
look xaarih

Derivative (1)
itxâarihvavath "to wake (someone) up"

Source: WB 760, p.353

Note: Always pronounced with initial glottal stop.

  • itxâarihva kári. Time to wake up! [Reference: Richardson 1993:18]
  • koovúra takun'itxâarihvunaa. They all woke up. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (13)

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  1. tá    ni'itxâarihvutih    mah'íitnihach   
    PERF    I.wake.up    early.morning   
    I woke up in the early morning.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Play

  2. mah'íitnihach    ni'itxâarihva   
    early.morning    I.wake.up   
    I woke up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  3. tá    ni'itxâarihvutih   
    PERF    I.wake.up   
    I woke up.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Julian Lang | Download | Play

  4. titxâarihva    hum   
    you.have.woken.up    or   
    Are you waking up?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  5. íkiich    ápapkam    vaa    mi'asímnaam    itxâariheen   
    maybe    other.side    that    your.bed    you.woke.up   
    Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. naa    nitxâarih   
    1sg.    I.woke.up   
    I woke up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  7. kúna    vúra    i'asimchákeesh    ík    xáyfaat    ík    itxâarihva   
    in.addition    Intensive    you.will.close.your.eyes    must    don't!    must    you.open.your.eyes   
    But you must close your eyes, you mustn't open them.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. yúkun    pee'itxâarihvahaak    ôok    ipishkákishriheesh   
    you.see    if.you.open.your.eyes    here    you.will.land.back   
    If you open your eyes, you will land back here again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. kíri    vúra    yunâamich    ni'itxâarihva   
    I.wish    Intensive    little.bit    I.open.my.eyes   
    Let me open my eyes just a little!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás    vúra    yunâamich    u'itxâarihva   
    then    Intensive    little.bit    he.opened.his.eyes   
    So he opened his eyes just a little.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás    upíip    payêem    vúra    puna'itxâarihveesh   
    then    he.said    now    Intensive    I.will.not.open.my.eyes   
    And (Coyote) said, "Now I won't open my eyes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    vúra    pu'itxâarihvara   
    then    then    Intensive    she.didn't.wake.up   
    And she didn't wake up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  13. máh'iit    kúkuum    tá    kunitxâarihva   
    morning    again    PERF    they.woke.up   
    In the morning they woke up again.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text