Ararahih'urípih
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síinvar / síinvara- to drown

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5377 | revised Jul 01 2015

síinvar / síinvara- • V • to drown

Literally: 'to disappear in through'

Derivation:  sir-vara
disappear-in.through

Derivatives (3)
axnatsinvanahíchkaam "rose sp."
axnatsinvanáhiich "wild rose"
sinvanáhiich "California poppy"

Source: WB 1234.5, p.380

  • xáyfaat ixuús xâatik usíinvar. Don't let him drown! (Lit. Don't think, 'Let him drown!') [Reference: KV]
  • usíinvar. He drowned. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 090]

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  1. usíinvar   
    he.drowned   
    He drowned.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. eee    xás    uxúti    pihnêefich    yáas    naa    nixúti    tá    nishíinvar   
    oh!    then    he.was.thinking    coyote    then    1sg.    I.am.thinking    PERF    I.drowned   
    "Ah," Coyote thought then, "now I think I've drowned."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. xás    usíinvar   
    then    he.drowned   
    And he drowned.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. mít    kunípaat    tóo    síinvar    kahyúras   
    near.past    they.said    he.has    drown    Klamath.Lakes   
    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás    usíinvar   
    then    he.drowned   
    And he drowned.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. kári    xás    upiip    yítha    pa'ifápiit    ii!    íf    êev    sishanayâamach    tóo    síinvar   
    then    then    she.says    one    the.young.unmarried.woman    oh!    truly    greeting.to.women    pretty.one.having.a.penis    he.has    drown   
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás    kunpínaa    vaa    kích    vúra    pakunipítih    sishanayâamach    tóo    síinvar   
    then    they.come    that    only    Intensive    what.they.are.saying    pretty.one.having.a.penis    he.has    drown   
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  8. hínu páy    uum    ithyáruk    tóo    kvíriproov    káruma    uum    kunxútih    tóo    síinvar   
    surprise    3.SG    across    he.has    run.upriver.from.here    in.fact    3.SG    they.are.thinking    he.has    drown   
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  9. vúra    hâari    tóosíinvar    hâari    tá    pupitnúprihvara   
    Intensive    sometime    he.drowns    sometime    PERF    he.can't.be.seen.through.it   
    Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text