Ararahih'urípih
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paríshriihva / paríshrîihvu- to twine, i.e. to make string by rolling iris fibers together

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4575 | revised Oct 31 2014

paríshriihva / paríshrîihvu- • V • to twine, i.e. to make string by rolling iris fibers together

Source: WB 1067, p.370

  • víri vaa kích kunkupítihanik pakunparíshriihvanaatihanik. That's what they were doing, making twine. [Reference: KS 41. Spider story 003]
  • kári xás uxúti, tîi kanparíshriihvi. And he thought, "Let me twine string!" [Reference: WB 01 Coyote's Journey 006]

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  1. kári    xás    uxútih    tîi    kanparíshriihvi   
    then    then    he.was.thinking    let...    let.me.twine!   
    And he thought, "Let me twine string!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. xás    vaa    táay    tuparíshriihva    pá'aan   
    then    so    much    he.twined    the.string   
    So he twined a lot of string.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás    uparíshriihva    antunvêech   
    then    he.twined.them    little.string   
    And he twined little strings.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. ithéeshyav    uparíshriihva   
    all.winter    he.twined.them   
    He twined a whole winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. achavúra    ithá'iithva    vaa    kóo    uparíshriihva   
    finally    one.pack-load    that    as.much.as    he.twined.it   
    Finally he twined a whole pack.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. úma    vaa    ukúphaanik    pámitva    ithéeshyav    uparíshriihva    antunvêech   
    emphatic(?)    so    he.did.it    when.previously    all.winter    he.twined.them    little.string   
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás    pihnêefich    upíip    chími    aan    nuparíshriihvunaa   
    then    coyote    he.said    soon    string    let's.twine.them   
    Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  8. xás    koovúra    paparishríhvaansa    upíip    ôok    kiivyíhuki   
    then    all    weavers    he.said    here    you.all.come.here   
    And he said, "All twiners, come here!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  9. xás    vaa    uparishríihvutih   
    then    that    he.was.twining.it   
    And he was twining that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    kunpiip    chimi    nuparíshriihvi    chimi    aan    nukyav   
    then    then    they.said    soon    let's.twine    soon    string    we.make.it   
    And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  11. xás    pa'ávansa    vaa    kunparíshriihva    pa'ápkaas   
    then    the.man    so    they.twined.it.into.string    the.iris.leaves   
    And the men twined the iris leaves into string.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text