Ararahih'urípih
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-ahiv time; occasion

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #202 | revised Aug 18 2005

-ahiv • SUFF • time; occasion

Derivatives (9)
áhavarahiv "jump dance at Ameekyáaraam"
athkuritárahiv "hunting season"
ávahiv "mealtime"
as'íshahiv "meal, mealtime"
ikxariyâahiv "time of the gods or spirit-people"
ipmitmítahiva "the Fourth of July"
írahiv "world-renewal ceremony"
íruravahiv "spring salmon ceremony"
iruravahívkuusra "sixth month of the Karuk year, "April""

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  1. tá ávahiv.
    It's time to eat.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  2. chími tá ávahiv!
    Let's eat!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20d) | read full text
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  3. tá ávahiv!
    It's time to eat!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about making sandwiches (VS-38) | read full text
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  4. kári xás víriva tá kunkuupha pa'írahiv tah, tá kunpifkutíshiiprin.
    Then (the Indians) made the world-renewal ceremony, they put (the handkerchiefs) on.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  5. pakári athkuritárahiv tá kun'ákunvanva.
    When it was hunting season, they went hunting.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text

  6. imáankam xás írahiv.
    And the next day was the world-renewal time.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  7. sáruk uum kun'íintih, tá írahiv.
    Downhill they were celebrating the world renewal, it was world-renewal time by then.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  8. káruk u'írahiv.
    There was a world renewal upriver.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text