Ararahih'urípih
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astiip shore; river-bank

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #708 | revised Nov 07 2014

astiip N • shore; river-bank

Derivatives (2)
ithyarukiráastiip "the opposite shore"
xakararáastiip "on both shores"

Source: WB 168, p.323

Note: Dimin. is astíipich 'right on the bank'.

  • xás uxus, vúra puna'ísheeshara astíipich. And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 072]
  • yánava yúruk ifápiitsha kuntákiriti astiip. He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver. [Reference: WB 1.86]


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  1. xás    sáruk    tóo    thyúrufak    ástiip   
    then    downhill    he    dragged.downhill    shore   
    Then he dragged it downhill to the riverbank.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. Jean used to watch her    sáruk    astiip        kuntákirar   
    Jean used to watch her    downhill    shore    PERF    they.went.to.soak.acorns   
    Jean used to watch her, they went to soak acorns by the riverbank.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xás    áxak    ifápiitichas    sah'áhup    kunturar    astiip   
    then    two    young.women    driftwood    they.went.to.gather.wood    shore   
    Then two girls went to the river to get driftwood."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. kári    xás    pihnêefich    yúras    uthívruuhramnihanik    kúkuum    yuras'ástiip    xás    uthivrúuhripaanik   
    then    then    coyote    ocean    he.floated.into    again    ocean.shore    then    he.floated.toward.shore   
    Then Coyote floated down river again, he floated down out by the ocean.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. yánava    káan    áxak    avansáxiichas    kun'íipithvutih    yúras'astiip   
    visible    there    two    boys    they.were.walking.around    ocean.shore   
    Behold two boys were walking around, by the shore.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  6. astíip    vúr    u'íifti    yúxnaam   
    shore    Intensive    it.is.growing    sand   
    It grows by the river in the sand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  7. 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
  8. xás    uxus    vúra    puna'ísheeshara    astíipich   
    then    he.thought    Intensive    I.will.not.drink    right.at.the.bank   
    And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. yánava    yúruk    ifápiitsha    kuntákiriti    astiip   
    visible    downriver    young.women    they.were.leaching.(acorn.meal)    shore   
    He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. xás    upiip    astíipich    vúra    kanthivrúhi    astíipich    vúra    kanthivrúhi   
    then    he.said    right.at.the.bank    Intensive    let.me.float!    right.at.the.bank    Intensive    let.me.float!   
    And he said, "Let me float to the bank, let me float to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. 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
  12. kúna    vúra    pu'astíipich    na'ísheeshara   
    in.addition    Intensive    not.by.the.bank    I.will.not.drink.it   
    But I won't drink by the bank.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. chavúra    kúkuum    vaa    káan    umáh    asiktávaansa    astiip    áhup    kunikyáavanaatih   
    finally    again    so    there    he.saw.it    women    shore    wood    they.were.gathering.it   
    Finally he saw women there on the bank again, they were gathering wood.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. xás    too    mah    astíip    sah'áhup    kunikyáavunaatih   
    then    he.had    see    shore    driftwood    they.were.gathering.it   
    And he saw, they were gathering driftwood on the shore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  15. xás    xanchíifich    píshiip    astíip    ukrîish   
    then    frog    first    shore    he.sat.down   
    And Frog sat down in first place, on the river bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  16. xás    upêer    pa'avansáxiich    imáankam    sáruk    astíip    pamíchaas    xákaan    ík    kuyâarameesh    ikxúrar   
    then    she.told.him    the.boy    next.day    downhill    shore    your.younger.brother    with.(one.person)    must    you.two.will.go    evening   
    And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  17. xás    sáruk    astíip    kúuk    ukvíripma   
    then    downhill    shore    to    she.ran.to   
    And she ran down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  18. púyava    sáruk    astíip        kunivyíhish   
    you.see    downhill    shore    PERF    they.went   
    So they went down to the river bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  19. xás    sáruk    tutákir    astiip   
    then    downhill    he.leached.it    shore   
    And they leached them, downhill on the river bank.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text