Ararahih'urípih
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áas water; juice

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #50 | revised Nov 07 2014

áas N • water; juice

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Source: WB 145, p.321

Note: Equiv. to íshaha. Idiom: áas u'íishti 'he's eating a meal', lit. 'he's drinking water'.

  • táni'ákih, aas tani'ákih. I'd feed him, I'd give him water. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 008]


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  1. xás    áas    upáathkurih    xás    koovúra    upíktit    pasárip   
    then    water    she.throw.it.in    then    all    she.unwove.it    the.sticks   
    And she threw it in the water, and she unwove all the sticks.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  2. vaa    káan    aas    uvúuntih   
    that    there    water    it.was.flowing   
    There was a spring flowing there.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  3. aas    koo    a little bit, and then they put it in a little pot   
    water    as.much.as    a little bit, and then they put it in a little pot   
    As much as water and then they put it in a little pot.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Madeline Davis | Download | Play
  4. xás    uxus    "vúra    puna'áveeshara    xáy    áas    néexrah   
    then    he.thought    Intensive    I.will.not.eat.it    let.not    water    I.thirst.for   
    Then he thought: "I am not going to eat it, I shouldn't get thirsty for water."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. pa'áas    áthiik   
    the.water    cold   
    The water is cold.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  6. naa    áas    kich   
    1sg.    water    like   
    I am wet.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  7. táníkfuuksip    táni'áki    aas        ni'akih   
    I.got.up    I.fed.him    water    PERF    I.gave.him   
    I'd get up, I'd feed him, I'd give him water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  8. kári    xás    ifuchtîimich    iinâak        kunpávyiihfuruk    áas        kunpíshanva   
    then    then    last.time    indoors    PERF    they.went.back.indoors    water    PERF    they.went.to.drink.again   
    And they went into the living house for the last time, they went to eat a meal.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    pá'aas    kunpíshmaar    yee    chúvaarap   
    then    then    when.water    they.finished.drinking    well    let's.go   
    And when they finished eating, (they said) "Well, let's go!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  10. aas        kun'íishvunaa   
    water    PERF    they.ate   
    They ate a meal.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  11.     iinâak    áas        kunpíshar   
    PERF    indoors    water    PERF    they.went.to.eat.again   
    By now they went inside to eat a meal.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  12. xás    uxúti    vúra    puna'ísheeshara    ishkéesh'aas   
    then    he.was.thinking    Intensive    I.will.not.drink.it    river.water   
    And he thought, "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. vúra    puna'ísheeshara    ishkéesh'aas   
    Intensive    I.will.not.drink.it    river.water   
    "I won't drink river water."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. xás    uxúti    xâatik    vúra    ni'ish    peeshkéesh'aas   
    then    he.was.thinking    it's.better    Intensive    I.drink    the.river.water   
    And he thought, "Let me drink the river water.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  15. xás    yánava    káan    axak'ásip    axrát'aas    utháthriin   
    then    visible    there    two.baskets    gooseberry.juice    they.stood   
    And he saw two baskets of berry juice sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  16. xás    áas    úskaakurih   
    then    water    he.jumped.into.water   
    So he jumped into water.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  17. kíri    chími    áas    uxráheesh   
    I.wish    soon    water    let.him.thirst.for.it!   
    Let him get thirsty!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  18. kári    xás    uthítiv    áas    uvúuntih   
    then    then    he.heard.it    water    it.was.flowing   
    And he heard it, water flowing.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  19. kári    xás    áas    uthítiv   
    then    then    water    he.heard.it   
    And he heard water.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  20. kári    xás    pá'aas    uthítiv   
    then    then    the.water    he.heard.it   
    Then he heard the water.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  21. xás    aas    úyvaayramnih   
    then    water    he.poured.it.in   
    And he poured water in (a basket).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  22. kári    xás    uthítiv    yóo    chrívchav    pá'aas    pa'úkraam    pakunpáathkuri    pamutípah   
    then    then    he.heard    visibly.it    splash    the.water    in.the.lake    when.they.threw.him.into.the.water    his.brother   
    Then he heard it, he saw the water splash in the lake, when (the giant) threw his brother in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text
  23. peethívthaaneen    aas    upiithránik   
    the.earth    water    it.collected   
    Water collected on the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  24. púyava    pá'aas    upiithránik   
    you.see    the.water    it.collected   
    So the water collected.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  25. pamukúntiik    ishvít    kóo    aas    kun'áakkurihtih    pakun'axaychákishrihtih   
    their.hands    piece    as.much.as    water    they.were.putting.their.hands.into.water    when.they.were.grabbing.it   
    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  26. xás    kunipéer    háriva    peemáhaak    pasáhyuux    aas    kích    ixúseesh        kunpiyâaramaheen   
    then    they.told.him    whenever    when.you.see.it    the.sand    water    like    you.will.think    PERF    they.went.back   
    And they told him, "Whenever you see that the sand is wet, you will know that we've gone again."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  27. púyava    xás    mukun'urípi    aas        kunikríkurih   
    you.see    then    their.net    water    PERF    they.set.it.into.water   
    And they set their net into the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  28. púyava    pá'aas    ukríkurihva    púyava    pa'áama        kunívyiihraa    xás    urípihak        kunihmáravar   
    you.see    when.into.the.water    it.was.set    you.see    when.the.salmon    PERF    they.came.up    then    into.the.net    PERF    they.ran.in   
    So when they set it into the water, when the salmon came up, then they ran into the net.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  29. xás    aas    kun'íishvunaa   
    then    water    they.drank.it   
    Then they ate a meal.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  30. púyava    aas        kunpíshmaranaa   
    you.see    water    PERF    they.finished.drinking   
    Then they finished eating.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text
  31. xás    aas    kich   
    then    water    like   
    They are wet.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text