Ararahih'urípih
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páah boat; canoe

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4413 | revised Nov 08 2005

páah • N • boat; canoe

Derivatives (4)
áhpaah "steamship"
iknukápaah "dugout boat, made from a log"
ithivthanéenpaah "car, automobile"
iviththanéenpaah "automobile"

Source: WB 1039, p.369; JPH mat 07:177-8, 15:730

Note: Contrast paah 'peppernut'.

  • cháem, maník nikyâavish pamípaah, páh'anamahach. Then she said, "All right, I'll make your boat, a little boat." [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 032]
  • xás kunipêer, chími páahak váramnih. And they told him, "Get in the boat." [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 150]

Short recordings (5) | Sentence examples (40)

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  1. ipít    pápaah    îikam.   
    yesterday    the.boat    outdoors   
    Yesterday there was a boat outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  2. ipít    îikam    páah    utháaniv.   
    yesterday    outdoors    boat    it.sits   
    Yesterday there was a boat outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  3. îikam    pápaah.   
    outdoors    there.is.a.boat   
    There is a boat outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  4. páah    uum    papúsihich    úkrii   
    boat    3.SG    the.cat    it.(animate).is.sitting   
    The cat is in the boat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  5. pananí'apxaan    uum    páah    uthiv   
    my.hat    3.SG    boat    it.(inanimate).is.lying   
    My hat is in the boat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  6. papúsihich    uum    páahak    úkrii   
    the.cat    3.SG    in.the.boat    it.(animate).is.lying   
    The cat is in the boat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  7. fâat    kumapáah    peekyáveesh   
    what    kind.of.boat    that.you.will.make   
    What kind of boat are you gonna make?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  8. hûut    uum    pamípaah    ikyâatih   
    how    3.SG    your.boat    you.are.making   
    How did you make your boat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions (VS-16) | read full text
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  9. íshaha    papáah   
    water    the.boat   
    The boat is in the water.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  10. ikxúrar    tóo    kxánamhach    púyava    tá    kunvítvarakva    páahak    sú'    tá    kun'írunaa   
    evening    it.had    gotten.a.little.dark    you.see    PERF    they.paddled.down.from.upriver    in.boats    inside    PERF    they.traveled   
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  11. xás    kunipêer    chími    páahak    váramnih   
    then    they.told.him    soon    in.the.boat    go.in   
    And they told him, "Get in the boat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. pihnêefich    páahak    kunipêer    sú'    ithxuuprámnihi   
    coyote    in.the.boat    they.told.him    inside    lie.face.down!   
    They told Coyote, "Lie face down in the boat."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    kunipêer    pihnêefich    chími    váripi    páahak   
    then    then    they.told.him    coyote    soon    get.out!    at.the.boat   
    And they told Coyote, "Get out of the boat!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  14. xás    pápaah    kunithyúruripaa   
    then    the.boat    they.pulled.it.out   
    And they hauled the boat ashore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  15. páahak    úskaakramnih    xás    ithyáruk    uvíitkar   
    in.a.boat    he.jumped.in.it    then    across    he.paddled.across   
    He jumped into a boat, and he paddled across-river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  16. kiikthárupriini    pápaah   
    you.guys.gnaw.through.it    the.boat   
    Gnaw holes in the boats!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  17. kári    xás    kunthárupriin    pápaah   
    then    then    they.gnawed.through.it    the.boat   
    And they gnawed holes in the boat.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  18. kári    xás    pápaah    pakunpûukar   
    then    then    the.boats    that.they.put.them.back.out   
    And they put out the boats.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  19. xás    upíip    naa    púfaat    nanípaah   
    then    he.said    1sg.    nothing    my.boat   
    And he said, "I don't have any boat."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  20. pûuhara    naa    púfaat    nanípaah   
    no    1sg.    nothing    my.boat   
    "No, I don't have any boat."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  21. vúra    taay    pápaa    tá    kunvitíshriihva   
    Intensive    much    the.boats    PERF    they.beached.them   
    A lot of boats were beached.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  22. itahanatápasich    pamukúnpaah   
    quite.a.lot    their.boats   
    They had a whole lot of boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  23. xás    uxus    tîi    kanpikvátan    pananípaah   
    then    he.thought    let...    let.me.go.to.carry.it.back.on.my.shoulder!    my.boat   
    And he thought, "Let me go get my boat!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  24. xás    vúra    uum    nîinamich    pamúpaah   
    then    Intensive    3.SG    little    his.boat   
    His boat was just small.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  25. pamúpaa    úkvaatfak   
    his.boat    he.carried.it.downhill.on.his.shoulder   
    He brought his boat down from uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  26. vúrava    kun'áchakruputih    pamukúnpaah   
    just    they.were.floating.in.a.bunch.downriver    their.boats   
    Their boats were floating in a bunch like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  27. xás    kunvítruuprihva    pápaah   
    then    they.paddled.them.in.through.it    the.boats   
    Then they paddled the boats through.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  28. xás    koovúra    tá    kunvítruuprihva    itahanatápasich    pápaah   
    then    all    PERF    they.paddled.them.in.through.it    quite.a.lot    the.boats   
    And they paddled the whole lot of boats through.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  29. vúra    uum    nîinamich    pamúpaah   
    Intensive    3.SG    little    his.boat   
    His boat was just little.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  30. yúruk    pápaah    tá    kunvitíshriihvaheen   
    downriver    the.boats    PERF    they.beached.them   
    Downriver they had beached the boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  31. xás    pamúpaa    upíkvaatsip    kufípniich    xás    uthárish   
    then    his.boat    he.put.it.back.on.his.shoulder    little.willow.grove    then    he.put.it.down   
    And he picked up his boat, and put it down in a willow grove.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  32. xás    upíshunvarishuk    pamúpaah   
    then    he.took.it.out.of.hiding    his.boat   
    So he took his boat out of hiding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  33. xás    pamúpaahak    tóo    pváramnih   
    then    in.his.boat    he.had    gotten.back.in   
    And he got in his boat.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  34. xás    upiip    pûu    naa    vúra    pananípaa    nîinamich    hôoy    íf    nuyâaheesh   
    then    he.said    no    1sg.    Intensive    my.boat    little    where    truly    we.will.fit   
    And he said, "No, my boat is little, we won't fit.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  35. víri    kún    tá    kunpáchakroov    pamukúnpaah   
    so    meaning.unknown    PERF    they.were.floating.back.upriver.in.a.bunch    their.boats   
    There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  36. xás    pakunipvítish    upiip    naa    vúra    nipíkvaatsipreevish    pananípaah   
    then    when.he.beached.it.again    he.said    1sg.    Intensive    I.will.put.it.back.up.on.my.shoulder    my.boat   
    And when he had beached his boat again, he said, "I'll pick up my boat."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  37. káan    xás    pamúpaa    úpthiivkurih   
    there    then    his.boat    he.put.it.back.in.water   
    And he put the boat back in the water there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  38. xás    kári    koovúra    tá    kunpáatvunaa    xás    páahak    tá    kunvíitkar    ithyáruk    pafatavéenaan   
    then    then    all    PERF    they.bathed    then    in.a.boat    PERF    they.rode.across-river    across    the.priest   
    And everybody bathed, and they rowed the priest across-river in a boat.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  39. víri    pápaa    tá    kunipvítish   
    so    the.boats    PERF    they.beached.it   
    They beached their boats.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  40. káru    pápaa    úuth    uthívruuhtih   
    also    the.boat    out.to.water    it.is.floating   
    And the boat is floating out in the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text