Ararahih'urípih
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pithxah to wash (inan. object, e.g. clothes, dishes)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5023 | revised Apr 26 2005

pithxah • V • to wash (inan. object, e.g. clothes, dishes)

Derivative (1)
vuhapithxáhar "toothbrush"

Source: WB 780.1, p.355

  • akâay ásip upithxáheen. Who washed the dishes? [Reference: KV]
  • vúra uum pu'íshaha mûuk pithxaahtíhap. They never wash (a pipe) with water. [Reference: TK 199.17]

Sentence examples (15)

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  1. mívu    pithxáhi   
    your.teeth    clean.it!   
    Clean your teeth.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about morning activities (LA-03) | read full text
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  2. pamívu    pithxáhi   
    your.teeth    wash.them!   
    Brush your teeth!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  3. koovúra    pamikúnvu    kiikpíthxahi   
    all    your.teeth    you.guys.wash.them!   
    You all brush your teeth!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  4. pananisáanva    nipithxáheesh   
    my.clothes    I.will.wash.it   
    I am going to wash my clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  5. pananívuh    nipithxáheesh   
    my.teeth    I.will.wash.it   
    I am going to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  6. vuhapithxáhar    mûuk    nipithxáheesh    pananívuh   
    toothbrush    with.(by.means.of)    I.will.wash.it    my.teeth   
    I am going to use a toothbrush to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  7. áhup    mûuk    nipithxáheesh    pananívuh   
    wood    with.(by.means.of)    I.will.wash.it    my.teeth   
    I am going to use a stick to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  8. yúfish    káru    ni'ihrôovish    vaa    paninívuh    nipithxáheesh   
    salt    also    I.will.use.it    so    my.teeth    I.will.wash.it   
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  9. yúfish    ni'ihrôovish    vaa    káru    nipithxáheesh    pananívuh   
    salt    I.will.use.it    so    there    I.will.wash.it    my.teeth   
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  10. tá    nipikyâar    pananipithxa    pananisáanva   
    PERF    I.finish.making.it    my.washing    my.clothes   
    I finished washing my clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  11. vaa    pananítaat    uum    tupíthxah    pananúsaanva    koovúra    vúra   
    so    my.mother    3.SG    she.washed.them    our.clothes    all    Intensive   
    My mother washed all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  12. pananítaat    vúra    koovúra    upíthxah   
    my.mother    Intensive    all    she.washed.them   
    My mother washed all (the clothes).
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  13. tupíthxah    pakoovúra    pananúsaanva    koovúra   
    she.washed.them    all    our.clothes    all   
    She washed them all, all our clothes.
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  14. vaa    káan    tupíthxah   
    so    there    she.washed.them   
    She washed them there (in the back of the house).
    Source: Vina Smith, Washing (VS-24) | read full text
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  15. mama    had    three    tubs    tanu    axyár    tanúkyav    poopithxáheesh   
                    PERF    full    we.filled.them    she.was.going.to.wash   
    Mama had three tubs, we- we filled them, when she was going to do the wash.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text