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iv / im- to die
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lexicon ID #3441 | revised Nov 17 2014
iv / im- • V • to die
Derivatives (8)
íimkar "to drown"
ívapuh "dead person"
íviruv "to be completely exhausted"
ivíthvaaykam "(in) front of the house"
ivkúkam "entrance way to a house"
ivmá'kukamich "back of the house"
ivpîimach "near the house"
ivshá'kukamich "just downhill from the house"
Source: WB 788, p.355
Note: Cf. táanva '(du.) to die', péeruunpa '(pl.) to die.' Note the idiom áthiik tu'iv 'he's cold' with áthiik 'cold'.
- támit u'ívat panani'ákah. My father is dead. [Reference: KV]
- paáraar uum pu'ipítihara pamú'arama múthvuy patu'ívahaak. The Indian doesn't say his child's name when it dies. [Reference: WB G143.6]
Sentence examples (27)
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támit u'ívat already.in.the.past he.died "He died." Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full textpaninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak vaa kári vúra puna'áhootihara my.legs cold it.died so then Intensive I.don't.walk When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxâatik vúra uum vúra hárivari u'ívahaak it's.better Intensive 3.SG Intensive when when.he.dies "Just let him be, whenever he may die. Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textvaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv pu'uum vúra fâat kumakêemish áamtihan so because.of that.almost he.died not.he Intensive what kind.of.poison he.didn't.eat "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison." Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full textayu’âach púfaat pa'ávansa iináak panini'ákah uum támit u'ívat it.was.because nothing the.men placename my.father 3.SG already.in.the.past he.died It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died. Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full textpa'áraar uum pupítihara pamú'arama múthvuy patu'ívahaak the.Indian 3.SG he.doesn't.say his.child his.name when.he.dies The Indian did not say his child's name when it died. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textkáru vúra koovúra pamu'áraaras tá kun'ívahaak pupítihara mukun'íthvuy also Intensive all when.his.relatives PERF when.they.die he.doesn't.say their.names And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names. Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full textxás vúra chími u'íveesh kóova tuvaxráhchak then Intensive soon he.was.going.to.die so he.had.his.throat.close.up.with.thirst And he was about to die, he was so thirsty. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkáan pihnêefich úkrii muyeeripáxvu xákaan kun'iin muhrôoha támit u'ívat there coyote he.lives his.daughter both they.lived his.wife already.in.the.past she.died Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full textvaa kích upíti pakéevniikich yôotva tu'iv panani'íkam so only she.was.saying the.old.woman hurray! he.has.died my.son-in-law The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, he's dead, my son-in-law." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textvaa kích upítih pakéevniikich yôotva tu'ív panani'íkam so only she.was.saying the.old.woman hurray! he.has.died my.son-in-law The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, my son-in-law is dead!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textiinâak vaa kích uthítiimti poopakurîihvuti yôotva tu'iiv'íiv íkamish tu'iiv'íiv indoors so only he.heard.it that.she.was.singing hurray! he.has.died son-in-law.(dimin.) he.has.died Inside he just heard her singing, "Hurray, he's dead, son-in-law is dead!" Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás âanxus upêer papu'imáan ívahaak xáat paniní'arama ihrôoha then weasel she.told.him if.not.tomorrow you.die may my.child wife And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife." Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás pakeechxâach u'iv then the.widow she.died So the widow died. Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full textxás upêer pamukîit peemáhaak nanipíkvas tóo kyívunih tá ni'iv then he.told.her his.grandmother if.you.see my.headdress-feather it.has fall.downward PERF I.died And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás vúra ii xáas vúra ukyívuni pamupíkvas tóo xus ii tu'iv then Intensive oh! almost Intensive it.fell.downward the.headdress-feather she.had think oh! he.had.died Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás upiip yôotva u'iv yôotva u'iv yôotva u'iv then he.said hurray! he.died hurray! he.died hurray! he.died And he said, "Hurray, he's dead, hurray, he's dead, hurray, he's dead!" Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full textxás uxus chími ni'íveesh then he.thought soon I.am.going.to.die (Weasel was again sent by an old man to fight a monster. The monster was getting the better of Weasel.) And he thought, "I'm going to die." Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full texthûutva kóo mímyaahti pati'ívahaak púra fâat vúra îin aamtíheeshara somehow as.much.as your.life when.you.die nothing Intensive TOPIC it.won't.be.eating.you All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you). Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás kinipéer pa'áraar tu'ívahaak vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh then then they.told.them when.a.person he.has.died that must lip you.guys.will.be.rubbing.it.on.them And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textvíri chavúra pu'áraar iimtihara chavúra peethívthaaneen upáxyar pa'áraar so finally no.person he.was.not.dying finally the.world they.filled.it the.people Finally no person died, finally the people filled up the earth. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textvaa kári xás vúra kun'íimti poofíipha pa'áama so then then Intensive they.were.dying when.it.was.all.gone the.salmon Then when the salmon was all gone, they died. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full texttu'iipkúrihar xáat káru ni'iv he.went.to.dive may also I.die He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die." Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full textimáan umáh utháaniv vúra kári úksaahtih káruma tu'ívaheen tomorrow he.saw.him he.was.lying.(there) Intensive then he.was.laughing in.fact he.had.died The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text