Ararahih'urípih
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thiin / thiina- to have, to own, to own (one thing)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5916 | revised Jan 06 2016

thiin / thiina- • V • to have, to own, to own (one thing)

Source: WB 1448, p.389

Note: Cf. tâaraha (a/i) 'to own (several things)', e.g. axiichúm itâarati 'Do you have children?'

  • kíri asiktávaan nithíinati. I want to have a wife. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 005]
  • axiichúm ithiináti. Do you have a child? [Reference: KV]
  • vúra vaa kunthîinati pa'apxán'anamahach papihnîichichas pakunsuprávarati peehêeraha. The old men keep a small hat for measuring tobacco. [Reference: ??]

Sentence examples (16)


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  1. taay    úm    papúsihich    úm    ithiinátih    um   
    much    or    the.cat    or    you.have.it(sg)    or   
    Do you have lots of cats?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  2. Sally    uum    taay    papúsihich    uthiinátih   
    Sally    3.SG    much    the.cat    she.has.it(sg)   
    Sally has lots of cats.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  3. naa    púsihich    nithiinátih   
    1sg.    cat.(dimin.)    I.have.it   
    I have a cat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. naa    áxak    papúsihich    nithiinátih   
    1sg.    two    the.cat    I.have.it   
    I have two cats.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. naa    áxak    púsihich    nithiinátih   
    1sg.    two    cat.(dimin.)    I.have.it   
    I have two cats.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. naa    áxak    papúsihich    nithiinátih   
    1sg.    two    the.cat    I.have.it   
    I have two cats.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  7. panákish    nithiinátih   
    the.pig    I.have.it   
    I have a pig.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-15) | read full text
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  8. chishíih    nithiinátih   
    dog    I.have.it   
    I have a dog.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about animals, questions (VS-15) | read full text
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  9. papúsihich    húm    ithiinátih   
    the.cat    or    you.have.it   
    Do you have a cat?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  10. hãã    papúsihich    nithiinátih   
    yes    the.cat    I.have.it   
    Yes, I have a cat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions and answers, verb tenses (VS-17) | read full text
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  11. âanxus    uum    káru    pákuri    uthiinátih   
    weasel    3.SG    also    song    he.had.it   
    Weasel had a song.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  12. víriva    vúra    ávan    uthiinátiheesh   
    so    Intensive    husband    she.will.have   
    She will have a husband.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  13. paninipákuri    u'aapúnmahaak    víriva    vúra    ávan    uthiinátiheesh    xáat    asiktavankéem   
    if.my.song    she.knows    so    Intensive    husband    she.will.have    may    a.homely.woman   
    If she knows my song, she will have a husband, (though) she may be a homely woman."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  14. axíich    tóo    thiinátih   
    child    she.did    have   
    She had a child.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  15. vúra    tá    pura fâat    thiinátihara    vúra    tá    kunchifíchfip   
    Intensive    PERF    nothing    he.did.not.have    Intensive    PERF    they.beat.him.completely   
    He didn’t have anything, they beat him completely.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  16. púyava    vúra    vaa    uthiináti    papáthraam    xás    kôokinay    vúra    u'ápiv    akâay    áta    mu'ífunih   
    you.see    Intensive    so    he.had.it    the.hair-club    then    everywhere    Intensive    he.looked.for.her    who    maybe    her.hair   
    So he kept the hair-club, and he looked for her everywhere, (he wondered) whose hair it was.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text