Ararahih'urípih
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aha- / ahi- to burn

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #171 | revised Oct 31 2014

aha- / ahi- • V • to burn

Derivatives (4)
ahíram "fireplace, specifically for ceremonial purpose"
tuyvukmâam_va'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
vitkirivâaram_mu'ahíram "name of a fireplace near Orleans"
a'ithram'ahíram "name of a fire place near Orleans"

Source: WB 39, p.315

Note: Bound stem, only occurring with derivational suffixes; rare; largely replaced by íinka (a/u).

See áah 'fire'

Sentence examples (9)

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  1. xás u'êechip xás ahíramak úyuunkuri pamuxváa, achvúun atipimámvaan muxvâa ukimfíruraanik.
    And he picked him up and held his head in the fireplace, Hookbill burnt Buzzard's hair off.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. xás vúra tá pu'ahára.
    And it wouldn't burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. kári xás uum u'áasish, ahinámtiimich.
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  4. xasík paaxvaharaxárahsas kuvêehkuriheesh yúuxak, u'ahítiheesh.
    You will stick the long pieces of pitch-wood in the sand, they will burn.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. xás úpaanik, " xasík ahíram ukyâavish."
    He said, "(The priest) will build a fire."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  6. kári xás púyava máruk tuvâaram ahíram.
    And so he went uphill to the fireplaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-48) | read full text

  7. kári xás ahinámtiich vúra ukrêenik amtápnihich.
    And (one of them, named kunâach'aa) sat at the edge of the fireplace, in the ashes.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  8. xás áachip ahíramhitih.
    And there was a fireplace in the center.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  9. máruk ahíram tuvâaram.
    He went uphill to the fireplaces.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text