Ararahih'urípih
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tháaniv / tháanim- (inanimate object) to sit, be; (animal or person) to lie, to be dead

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5845 | revised Dec 29 2015

tháaniv / tháanim- • V • (inanimate object) to sit, be; (animal or person) to lie, to be dead

Derivation:  thar-riv
put-at.rest

Derivative (1)
iptháaniv "to lie around; to be laid up (with an injury)"

Source: WB 1426.1, p.388

  • panámniik ára tootháaniv. There's a person lying at Orleans; i.e., someone's been killed at Orleans. [Reference: KV]
  • xás vúra puyíthaxay káan thaanêera. And not a single (piece of furniture) was there. [Reference: WB T4.137]

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  1. yánava    ikuk    káan    utháaniv   
    visible    log    there    it.is.lying   
    Then I saw the log lying there.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. yánava    káan    utháaniv    kêeshichas    vêeshur   
    visible    there    he.lies    very.big.ones    horn   
    There he lay, a big buck.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. pa'íish    ôokmas    páy    yítha    utháaniv   
    the.meat    here.and.there    this    one    it.lies   
    The meat was lying all around.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. ée    if    ôok    asayâamach    utháaniv   
    oh!    truly    here    pretty.rock    it.is.lying.there   
    "Oh, what a nice looking rock lying here."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  5. yánava    pakúhar    utháaniv   
    visible    the.sick.one    she.was.lying.there   
    Behold the sick one was lying there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text

  6. ipít    íp    îikam    pûuvish    utháaniv.   
    yesterday    PAST    outdoors    bag    it.sits   
    Yesterday there was a bag outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  7. ipít    íp    pûuvish    îikam    utháaniv.   
    yesterday    PAST    bag    outdoors    it.sits   
    Yesterday there was a bag outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  8. ipít    îikam    páah    utháaniv.   
    yesterday    outdoors    boat    it.sits   
    Yesterday there was a boat outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  9. chishíih    îikam    utháaniv   
    dog    outdoors    it.is.lying.down   
    There was a dog lying down outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  10. pananichíshiih    îikam    útháaniv   
    my.dog    outdoors    it.is.lying.down   
    My dog is lying outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  11. fâat    utháaniv    káan    peempaah   
    what    it.is.lying.on    there    the.road   
    What is lying on the road?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  12. impaah    papûuvish    utháaniv   
    trail    the.bag    it.is.lying.on   
    There's a bag lying in the road.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  13. papúsihich    káan    utháaniv    asímnaam   
    the.cat    there    it.lies    bed   
    The cat is lying on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  14. asímnaam    utháaniv   
    bed    it.lies   
    It is lying on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  15. áxak    pa'ápsuun     vaa    káankan    kuntháaniv     asímnaam   
    two    the.snake    that    there    they.lie    bed   
    Two snakes are sitting on the bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  16. nani'asímnaam     ás     káan     tutháaniv   
    my.bed    rock    there    it.lies   
    There is a rock in my bed.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  17. naa    payôok    nitháaniv   
    1sg.    right.here    I.lie   
    I'm lying here.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  18. xáyfaat    nani'asímnaam    kutháaniv   
    don't!    1sPOSS    you.all.lie   
    Don't lie on my bed! (talking to more than one person)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  19. mâaka    kúuk    tá    núktaama    vaa    káan    pananítaat    utháaniv    uyíkihitih   
    in.other.room    to    PERF    we.took.it    so    there    my.mother    she.was.lying    she.was.sick   
    We took it in the other room, my mother was lying there, she was sick.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  20. xás    patá    kunípeerahaak    fâat    iyúrish    xás    patu'ûurihaak    púyava    uum    hâari    ára    vaa    kúth    tóo    tháaniv   
    then    when    when.they.tell.him    what    pay    then    when.he.refuses    so    3.SG    sometime    person    so    because.of    PERF    sit   
    When they told him to pay something and he refused, then sometimes a person was killed because of it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  21. xás    vúrava    káan    utháaniv    astiip   
    then    just    there    he.lay    shore   
    And he lay there on the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  22. xás    vúra    vaa    utháaniv   
    then    Intensive    so    he.lay   
    And he lay there like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  23. vúra    vaa    utháaniv   
    Intensive    so    he.lay   
    He lay there like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  24. kári    xás    víri    tá    ípi    vúra    pamu'ípi    kích    utháaniv   
    then    then    so    PERF    bone    Intensive    his.bones    only    he.lay   
    And there were just bones by now, only his bones lay there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  25. xás    kári    vúra    vaa    utháaniv   
    then    then    Intensive    so    he.lay   
    And still he lay there like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  26. vásihkam    utháaniv    papihnêefich   
    behind    he.lay    Coyote   
    There lay Coyote in back of it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  27. yánava    ikmaháchraam    xás    panitháaniv   
    visible    sweathouse    then    where.I.am.lying   
    And he saw, (he said), "I'm lying in the sweathouse!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  28. xás    yánava    ikmaháchraam    xás    panitháaniv   
    then    visible    sweathouse    then    that.I.am.lying   
    And he saw, (he said) then, "I'm lying in the sweathouse!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  29. vúra    vaa    utháaniv    uthítiimti    pakunchuphúruthunatih   
    Intensive    so    he.lay    he.was.listening    when.they.were.talking.about.him   
    (Coyote) lay like that, he heard them talking about him.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  30. xás    vúra    puyíthaxay    káan    thaanêera   
    then    Intensive    not.a.single.one    there    it.was.not.lying   
    And not one was lying there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  31. kári    xás    káan    pootháaniv   
    then    then    there    that.he.lay   
    And there he lay.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  32. víri    vaa    vúra    káan    utháaniv    payéem   
    so    so    Intensive    there    he.lies    now   
    So he's lying there now.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text

  33. yánava    yítha    âapun    utháaniv    ukuhítih   
    visible    one    on.the.ground    she.lies.down    she.is.sick   
    He saw one (girl) lying down, she was sick.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  34. kári    xás    pa'âapun    tutúraayva    yee    asayaamach'íshara    ôok    páy    utháaniv   
    then    then    on.the.ground    he.looked.around    well    a.pretty.rock    here    this    sits   
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  35. âanxus    uhyívchak    sâam    utháaniv    pamí'aama   
    weasel    he.interrupted.her.by.shouting    little.downhill    it.lays    your.salmon   
    Weasel interrupted, shouting, "Your salmon is lying just down hill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  36. xás    kunipêer    vaa    káan    kúniihki    mufithíhkaam    mupîimich    vaa    káan    pamúthvaay    utháaniv   
    then    they.told.him    so    there    shoot.at.him!    his.big.toe    next.to.it    so    there    his.heart    it.lies   
    And they told him, "Shoot him there by his big toe, his heart lies there."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  37. xás    káan    ás    utháaniv    kéech   
    then    there    rock    it.lay    big   
    And a rock lay there, a big one.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  38. vaa    xás    pá'aah    ukyâanik    xás    yánava    utháaniv   
    so    then    the.fire    he.made.it    then    visible    he.was.lying.(there)   
    Then he built the fire, and then they saw him lying there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  39. víri    vaa    kinípeeranik    hûutva    kóo    ithívthaaneen    uthaanêehaak    xáyfaat    ik    kúkuum    vúra    vaa    kukupeepvíkaha   
    so    so    they.told.them    somehow    as.much.as    land    it.exists    don't!    must    again    Intensive    so    you.must.not.weave.that.way   
    (But) they were told, "However long the earth exists, you musn't weave that way (several strands at a time) again."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  40. ithahárinay    utháaniv   
    a.whole.year    he.lay   
    He lay (there) for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  41. imáan    umáh    utháaniv    vúra    kári    úksaahtih    káruma    tu'ívaheen   
    tomorrow    he.saw.him    he.was.lying.(there)    Intensive    then    he.was.laughing    in.fact    he.had.died   
    The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text

  42. víri    kárivari    káan    utháaniv   
    so    still    there    it.sits   
    (The car) is still sitting there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text

  43. amkír    utháaniv   
    table    it.is.sitting   
    A table is sitting.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  44. pa'amkír    káan    utháaniv    xás    ukxúrikahiti    ávahkam    ípaha   
    the.table    there    it.is.sitting    then    it.is.marked    over    tree   
    The table is sitting there, and a tree is drawn on top.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text