Ararahih'urípih
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iv / im- to die

Dictionary Entry
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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  1. 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 text
  2. paninípshiih    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
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  3. xâatik    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 text
  4. vaa    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 text
  5. ayu’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 text
  6. pa'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 text
  7. káru    vúra    koovúra    pamu'áraaras        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 text
  8. xás    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 text
  9. káan    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 text
  10. vaa    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 text
  11. vaa    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 text
  12. iinâak    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 text
  13. xás    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 text
  14. xás    pakeechxâach    u'iv   
    then    the.widow    she.died   
    So the widow died.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  15. xás    upêer    pamukîit    peemáhaak    nanipíkvas    tóo    kyívunih        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 text
  16. xás    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 text
  17. xás    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 text
  18. xás    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 text
  19. hûutva    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 text
  20. kári    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 text
  21. víri    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 text
  22. vaa    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 text
  23. tu'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 text
  24. imáan    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