Ararahih'urípih
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vathiv to fight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6474 | revised Nov 13 2005

vathiv • V • to fight

Source: WB 1534, p.394

Note: An irregular variant occurs in the plural vathíinaa.

  • xáyfaat ikôoha peeváthiivti. Don't give up fighting! [Reference: KV]
  • káruma vaa pananítaat uum mu'ávanhanik pakóova kunváthiinaatihanik pa'asiktávaan mutipáhiivshahanik. The fact was, my mother's husband had been fighting with that woman's brothers. [Reference: TK 211.3]

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  1. víri    vaa    mu'íffuth    pirishkyâarim    ta    'íp    uum    máruk    kúkkuum    kári    vaa    kunkúpha'anik    peekxaréeyav    atipimámvaan    achvúun    xákkaan    kunváththêen'nik   
    so    so    after.it    grizzly    PERF    PAST    3.SG    uphill    again    then    so    they.did.that.way    the.First.People    buzzard    hookbill.salmon    both    they.fought   
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. papúsihich    tá    kunváthiv   
    the.cat    PERF    they.fight   
    The cats are fighting.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  3. tá    nithítiv    papúsihich    îikam    uvathíivtih   
    PERF    I.hear.it    the.cat    outdoors    it.is.fighting   
    I hear the cats fighting outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. kári    pa'apxantínihich    tá    kunkôoha    pakunváthiinaa    kári    xás    pa'áraar    afyíiv    tá    kínmah   
    then    when.the.white.men    PERF    they.stopped    when.they.fought    then    then    the.Indians    friend    PERF    they.saw.them   
    When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text