Ararahih'urípih
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sákriiv / sakriva- hard, firm, tight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5264 | revised Oct 31 2014

sákriiv / sakriva- • ADJ • hard, firm, tight

Source: WB 1199, p.377

Note: Plural is sákriivsha (TK 48.30).

  • xás chavúra puyíthaxay sakriivhára. And in the end not a single one stuck fast. [Reference: WB T8.20]
  • iváxrah pa'uhípih, pusakríivhara. The tobacco stems are dry, they're not hard. [Reference: TK 48.29]

Sentence examples (12)


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  1. níxuti    kíri    kúnish    sákriiv   
    I.want    want    sort.of    hard   
    I want to make it kinda solid.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  2. kúnish    kíri    sákriiv    kúnish    paníktaamsipreehaak    paxuun   
    sort.of    want    hard    sort.of    when.I.pick.it.up    the.acorn.soup   
    So that it's kind of solid when I pick it up, the acorn soup.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. peheeraha'íppa    uum    vúra    iváxra    kúnish    koovúra    pu'ássarhara    sákriiv   
    the.tobacco.plant    3.SG    Intensive    dryish    sort.of    all    not.juicy    hard   
    The tobacco plant is all dryish, it is not juicy, it is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. peheeraháaptiik    pa'uh'íppi    sákriivsha    puyâamahukich    kupeeshpáttahitihara   
    the.tobacco.branch    the.tobacco.stem    tough.ones    not.easy    it.does.not.break.in.some.way   
    The tobacco-branches, the tobacco-stems are tough; they do not break easily.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  5. pamupírish    vúra    pu'ivrárasurutihara    sákriivsha    pamúpsii    ípam    kunish    pamupirish'ápsii    xákaan    u'ifshúrootihirak    sákriivsha   
    its.leaves    Intensive    it.is.not.falling.off    hard.ones    its.stem    sinew    sort.of    its.leaf-stem    both    where.the.leaves.grow.off    hard.ones   
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  6. xás    chavúra    puyíthaxay    sakriivhára   
    then    finally    not.a.single.one    didn't.stick   
    And finally not one (stuck) fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  7. xás    vúra    sákriiv   
    then    Intensive    hard   
    And it was fast.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  8. xás    pa'avansáxiich    upíshkaakrupuk    sákriiv    vúra    úkyav    páchivchak   
    then    the.boy    he.jumped.back.outdoors    hard    Intensive    he.made.it    the.door   
    Then the boy jumped out again, he made the door tight.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  9. xás    sákriv    vúra    tá    kunvêehkurihva   
    then    hard    Intensive    PERF    they.were.stuck.in   
    And they were stuck in tight.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  10. púyava    xás    kári    tá    kuníthxup    sákriiv    vúra    ikukatunvêechas    múuk   
    you.see    then    then    PERF    they.cover    hard    Intensive    little.logs    with.(by.means.of)   
    Then they covered it tightly with little logs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  11. víriva    patóo    thárish    peekrívkir    sákriiv    ukyâati    peethívthaaneen   
    thus    when.he.had    put.down    the.stool    hard    he.was.making.it    the.world   
    When he put the stool down on the ground, he was making the world firm.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text