Ararahih'urípih
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áasish / áasishrih- to lie down, to go to bed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #52 | revised Oct 31 2014

áasish / áasishrih- V • to lie down, to go to bed

Derivation ásiv-ish
go.to.bed-down

Source: WB 157.4, p.323

Note: With irreg. morphophonemics.

  • âapun vúra kúnish u'asishrîihvuti xákarari vúra patu'úumahaak. It was like he pretty near lay down on the ground [in dancing] as he reached each end of the line.\rf KS42. Rabbit and Snow 010 [Reference: KT 153.30]
  • xasík mupîimich ni'aasíshriheesh. I am going to lie down by her. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 034]
  • xás kun'asíshriihvunaa. And they went to bed. [Reference: KT 153.30]


Sentence examples (15)


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  1. uxús    chími    kán'aasish    ôok    peekmaháchraam   
    he.think    soon    I'm.going.to.lie.down    here    the.sweathouse   
    He thought: "Let me lie down here, in the sweathouse."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  2. chavúra        xánahishich    chími    axmáy    u'áasish    patáprihak    vúra    tóo    mchax        pukunish    kêenatihara   
    finally    PERF    little.while    soon    suddenly    he.lay.down    on.the.pavement    Intensive    he    get.hot    PERF    not.sort.of.    he.was.not.moving   
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text
  3. nu    ni'áasish    nikvíit-ha    xás    vúra    fâatva    nithítiv   
        I.go.to.bed    I.fall..down    then    Intensive    something    I..hear   
    When I was sleeping I heard something.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. íp    u'áasishrihat   
    PAST    she.laid.down   
    She lay down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. íp    u'áasishriheen    kúnish    vaa    puyáv    ipmahóonkoonatihara   
    PAST    she.laid.down    sort.of    that    not.good    you.are.not.feeling   
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. naa    payêem    ni'aasíshriheesh   
    1sg.    now    I.am.going.to.lie.down   
    I'm going to lie down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  7. payôok    áasishrih   
    right.here    lie.down   
    Lie down here!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  8. koovúra    nu'áasishrihinaa   
    all    we.all.lie.down   
    We are all lying down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  9. xás    vaa    káan    ahup'iyvoorámaam    káan    u'áasish   
    then    so    there    behind.the.woodpile    there    he.laid.down   
    And he lay down there behind the woodpile.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  10. xás    ahúpmaam    kúuk    u'uum    xás    u'áasish   
    then    behind.a.woodpile    to    he.went    then    he.lay.down   
    And he went behind the woodpile, and he lay down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  11. xás    pihnêefich    u'áasish    naa        níkviit-ha   
    then    coyote    he.lay.down    1sg.    PERF    I.sleep   
    Then Coyote lay down, (he said), "I'm going to sleep."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  12. xás    asúuxar    kun'asíshriihva   
    then    fasting    they.went.to.bed   
    And they went to bed without eating.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  13. kári    xás    uum    u'áasish    ahinámtiimich   
    then    then    3.SG    she.went.to.bed    the.very.edge.of.the.fireplace   
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  14. xás    pa'avansáxiitichas        kun'áasishrih   
    then    the.boys    PERF    they.went.to.bed   
    The little boys had gone to bed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  15. xás    poovôonupuk    káan    u'áasish   
    then    when.he.came.outdoors    there    he.laid.down   
    And when he came out (of the sweathouse), he lay down there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text