Ararahih'urípih
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yiiv / yivu- far

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7085 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiiv / yivu- ADV • far

Derivatives (7)
eethayîihva "to carry away"
yiimúsich "a little ways off"
yiivánihich "a little farther off"
yiivánihichha "to be careful"
yiivárih "rather far; away"
yíivha "to be far"
yiivthaanêen "a placename"

Source: WB 1680, p.401

  • xás pihnêefich uum táyiiv. By then Coyote was a long way off. [Reference: WB T5.83]
  • miník kúnish puyívuhara. It's not so far! [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 046]


Sentence examples (53)

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  1. xas    upákurih    "yíiv    vúra    nuthyuruveesh   
    then    he.sang    far    Intensive    we.will.drag.her   
    And he sang, "We will drag her a long ways."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. yíiv    vúra    nuthyuruveesh    chími    âapun        nimyáhumar    chími    âapun        nichnahirúvuukva    chími    âapun        nithurirúvuukva    chími    âapun   
    far    Intensive    we.will.drag.you    soon    on.the.ground    PERF    I'm.tired    soon    on.the.ground    PERF    I'm.defecating.all.over.myself    soon    on.the.ground    PERF    I'm.urinating.all.over.myself    soon    on.the.ground   
    "We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. kári    xás    sâam    upishkáakfak    káruma    vúra    yiiv   
    then    then    little.downhill    he.jumps.down.from.uphill    in.fact    Intensive    far   
    Then he gave a jump down, but it was very far away.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  4. chavúra        yiiv    tóo    pthívruhvarak   
    finally    PERF    far    he    floated.down.from.upriver.   
    He floated a long ways down.
    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. vaa    vúr    upifyîimmuti    pa'avansa'ávahkamvari    tu'íffahaak   
    so    Intensive    it.is.growing.far.toward.(something)    towards.the.top.of.the.man    when.it.has.grown   
    The highest it ever grows is higher than man.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  6. xás    vúra    yíiv    sáruk   
    then    Intensive    far    downhill   
    It was way down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  7. xás    uxuti    kunish    yíim    nîinamich    papúufich    xás    póo'uum    xás    vúra    uum    pufíchkaam   
    then    he.thought    sort.of    far    little    the.deer    then    when.he.got.there    then    Intensive    3.SG    big.deer   
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  8. uxúti    nîinamich    papúufich    káru    uum    vúra    yíiv    sáruk    xás   
    he.thought    little    the.deer    also    3.SG    Intensive    far    downhill    then   
    He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  9. váa    vúra    uum    yíiv    xas    vaa    vúra    uxúti    íkiich    punakúniihkeeshara    xás    vúra    vaa    ukúniihka   
    that    Intensive    3.SG    far    then    that    Intensive    he.thought    maybe    I.won't.shoot.it    then    Intensive    that    he.shot.it   
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  10. chavúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'áhoo   
    finally    far    upriver    he.had.traveled   
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. xás    chavúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'áhoo   
    then    finally    far    upriver    he.had.traveled   
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  12. kári    xás    púyava    chavúra    yíiv    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    you.see    finally    far    he.had.traveled   
    And so finally he traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  13. vúra    vaa    u'áhootih    vúra        yíiv    káruk   
    Intensive    so    he.was.traveling    Intensive    PERF    far    upriver   
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  14. kári    xás    yánava    yíiv    káruk    tu'áhoo   
    then    then    visible    far    upriver    he.had.traveled   
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  15. chavúra        yíiv    tóo    pthívruuhvarak   
    finally    PERF    far    he.had    floated.back.down.from.upriver   
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  16. kári    xás    chavúra    yíiv        kunvíitma   
    then    then    finally    far    PERF    they.paddled.to   
    So finally they paddled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  17. púyava    chavúra        yíiv    vúrava    u'asímchaaktih   
    you.see    finally    PERF    far    just    he.was.keeping.his.eyes.closed   
    So finally he kept his eyes closed like that for a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  18. chavúra    yíiv        kunpávyiihma   
    finally    far    PERF    they.went.back.to   
    Finally they went a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  19. yíiv    tuthívruuhma   
    far    he.had.floated.to   
    He floated a long ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  20. xás    vúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    then    Intensive    far    upriver    he.had.gone.upriver   
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  21. kári    xás        yíiv    u'uum   
    then    then    PERF    far    he.arrived   
    And he went a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  22. kári    xás        yíiv    u'uum   
    then    then    PERF    far    he.arrived   
    Then he went a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  23. xás    pihnêefich    uum    ta    yiiv   
    then    coyote    3.SG    PERF    far   
    And by this time Coyote was a long ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  24. naa    vúra    yíiv    ni'aramsîiprivti    páy nanuxákararih   
    1sg.    Intensive    far    I.am.coming.from.there    country.outside   
    "I come from far away, from the outside."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  25. vúra    yíiv    tu'áhoo   
    Intensive    far    he.traveled   
    He traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  26. yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  27. káruk    vúra    yîiv    tu'uum   
    upriver    Intensive    far    he.arrived   
    He got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  28. xás    yíiv    tu'uum   
    then    far    he.arrived   
    And he got a long ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  29. vúrava    yíiv    tu'uum   
    just    far    he.arrived   
    He got a long way off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  30. xás    vúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'uum   
    then    Intensive    far    upriver    he.arrived   
    And he got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  31. vúra    yíiv    tu'árihroov   
    Intensive    far    he.went.upriver   
    He went upriver a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  32. kári    xás    yíiv    tu'ípahoo    papihnêefich   
    then    then    far    he.went.on    Coyote   
    And Coyote went on a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  33. kári    xás    vúra    púva    yiiv    uum   
    then    then    Intensive    not.yet    far    arrive   
    They hadn't yet gone very far.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  34. miník    kúnish    puyívuhara   
    of.course    sort.of    not.far   
    "It's not so far!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  35. xás    chavúra    yiiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    then    finally    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  36. vaa    káan    ávansa    úkrii    páykuuk    yíiv    úkrii    patuyshipriha'ápapkam   
    that    there    man    he.lives    over.there    far    he.lives    on.the.other.side.of.the.mountain   
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  37. kúna    vúra    páykuuk    yíiv    áhoon    payôok    xáyfaat    i'áhoo    peempaheepshûunkinich    kâarim    ikupheesh   
    in.addition    Intensive    over.there    far    go.travel    right.here    don't!    you.go    the.short.road    bad    you.will.do   
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  38. xás    upíti        na'ûuri    páykuuk    pani'ahoonkôoti    yiiv   
    then    she.is.saying    PERF    I.am.tired    over.there    that.I.go.travel    far   
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  39. yukún    yíiv    á'    utásunihtihanik    pa'íin   
    you.see    far    above    was.like.a.vertical.barrier    the.falls   
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  40. xás    kári    chavúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    then    then    finally    far    upriver    he.had.gone.upriver   
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  41. chavúra    yíiv    kúkuma    tóo    hyiv   
    finally    far    again    she.had    shout   
    Finally, a long ways on, there was a shout again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  42. chavúra        yíiv    káruk    u'árihroov   
    finally    PERF    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  43. yíiv    vúra    tu'íipma   
    far    Intensive    he.arrived.again   
    He went far away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  44. yíiv    vúra        kun'uum   
    far    Intensive    PERF    they.went   
    They went a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  45. xás    vúra    yíiv    tuvíitma   
    then    Intensive    far    they.had.paddled.to.there   
    And he rowed a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  46. vúrava    uvíitrup    yíiv    vúra    tuvíitma   
    just    he.paddled.downriver    far    Intensive    he.had.paddled.to.there   
    He paddled downriver like that, he paddled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  47. yíiv        kunípviitma   
    far    PERF    they.paddled.back.to.there   
    They paddled back a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  48. púyava    pootáyiithharati    yíiv    vúra        kun'aramsípriin    kúnikvárishtih    xáat    káru    vikakêemich   
    you.see    when.she.lashed.the.base.of.a.basket    far    Intensive    PERF    they.came.from    they.buy.from.her    may    also    bad.weaver   
    So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  49. ithâan    kumamáh'iit    umá    pachánchaaf    yíiv    á'    vúra    úkrii   
    once    once.morning    she.saw    the.foam    far    above    Intensive    it.sits   
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  50. yíiv    yúruk    xás    pamítaat    úkrii   
    far    downriver    then    your.mother    she.lives   
    And your mother lives far downriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  51. xás    vaa    yíiv    yúruk    xumvaroomáruk    áhkaam    tóo    kyav   
    then    so    far    downriver    uphill.from.xumvároov    big.fire    he.had    make   
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  52. káruk    yíiv    ikhurôok    tu'árihroov   
    upriver    far    on.an.upriver-pointing.ridge    he.had.gone.upriver   
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  53. páy    uum    tishrámkaam    xás    utuyshíiprinahiti    yiiv   
    this    3.SG    a.big.valley    then    it.is.a.mountain.rising    far   
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text