Ararahih'urípih
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iin to be on fire

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1665 | revised Feb 21 2005

iin • V • to be on fire

Derivatives (9)
íinka "to be on fire, to burn"
iinkárav "to burn up"
íinkurih "to get burned out"
iinkúvath "to burn (something)"
íinva "to burn; to be a forest fire"
íinva "forest fire"
iinvárak "Northern Lights"
iinvárak "to be Northern lights"
ínvaan "type of caterpillar"

Source: WB 622, p.347

Usage: Rare, largely replaced by íinka..

  • kunxúti xáy u'íin pa'ípa. They fear that the trees might burn. [Reference: TK 64.17]

Sentence examples (23)

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  1. pa'áhup uum tu'íinka.
    The wood is burning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  2. pa'áhup uum áak tu'íinka.
    The wood is burning in the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. tu'íinka.
    It burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  4. pa'áama tóo mnish xás vúra tu'íinka.
    She cooked the fish and it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  5. pa'áama tóo mnish xás tu'íinka.
    She cooked the fish until it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  6. pa'ápxaan tu'íinka.
    The hat burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  7. pa'ápxaan vúra tu'íinka ikxáramkunish.
    The hat burned black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  8. tu'íinva.
    It is burning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  9. xás upíip " chími kám'iinvi mú'aavkam."
    And he said, "Let there be a forest fire in front of him!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. tu'invákaamha.
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  11. vúra tu'invákaamha.
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  12. hinupáy pamu'afupchúrax poo'iinkútih.
    There it was his anus burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  13. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  14. vúra tu'invákaamha.
    There was a big forest fire.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  15. yánava káan u'íinvahitih.
    He saw there was a forest fire there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  16. yánava " tá ná'iinka."
    He saw, (he said), "I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  17. kári xás umah, yánava ôok u'iinváhitih.
    And he saw it, he saw there was a forest fire here.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  18. chími vaa u'íinka pa'axváha pamu'áfup.
    Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  19. xás pakáan u'úum yánava vúra áhtaay má'ninay, úmkuufhinaatih, u'iinvúnaatih.
    And when he got there, he saw lots of fire in the mountains, there was lots of smoke, there were forest fires.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  20. xás vúra patu'iinkáyaachha xás tée imnakákaam.
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  21. " cháas, neepchívchaaksurih, tá ni'íinka."
    "Younger brother, open the door for me, I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  22. xás kúkuum vúra tóo kpêehva " neepchívchaaksurih, tá ni'íinka."
    And again he shouted, "Open the door for me, I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  23. kári xás pá'aah ta'ítam u'iinaaheen.
    Then Fire burned uphill (toward her).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text