Ararahih'urípih
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víish / víishrih- to come down, to descend

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6527 | revised Jan 22 2016

víish / víishrih- • V • to come down, to descend

Derivation:  va-ish
go-down

Derivative (1)
iruvíish "(pl.) to descend"

Source: WB 1513.12, p.393

Note: The alternant vîish is not glottalized before pause. Note idioms: imfír tuvîish '(object) it's hot', imcháx tuvîish '(weather) it's hot', éexrih tuvîish 'there's a famine' (KV).

  • tanupirúviish. We came back down. [Reference: KV]
  • ikakrihákaam tuvîish. There's going to be a big frost. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 367]

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  1. xás    yíth    upíip    áthiik    tuvîish    chími    nuptaamáaxi   
    then    other    he.said    cold    it.is    soon    let's.stir.up.the.fire   
    Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. chavúra    pâanpay    imfir    tuvîish   
    finally    after.while    hot    it.got   
    Then after a while it got hot.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. vúra    uum    puxich    imfir    tuvîish   
    Intensive    3.SG    very.much    hot    it.got   
    Then it got awfully hot.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. xás    astíip    uvîish   
    then    shore    he.came.down   
    So he went down to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. éexri    tuvîishrih   
    rainbow    it.had.descended   
    Famine descended (on the people).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  6. pafatavéenaan    poo'ípakahaak    ikxúrar    tóo    pvíishrih    xás    vúra    pa'áraar    tá    kun'íranva   
    the.priest    NOMZ    evening    it.had    fallen.again    then    Intensive    the.people    PERF    they.went.to.celebrate.the.pikyavish   
    When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text