Ararahih'urípih
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írip to dig; to dig a hole

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2909 | revised Jun 29 2005

írip • V • to dig; to dig a hole

Derivatives (8)
íripar "pick-axe"
iripéeshpuk "gold; gold coins"
íripish "to dig down"
íripithun "to dig around"
íripkurih "to dig a hole"
irípraam "mine (for ore)"
irípvaan "miner"
sak'íripirak "a placename near Somes Bar"

Source: WB 683, p.349; JPH 15:766, 07:114-50

  • tanukyáanarmuuk pani'íripti. I'm digging a hole with a shovel. [Reference: KV]
  • xás uum vúra tu'írip pafatavéenaan. Then the medicine man digs a hole. [Reference: TK 247.39]

Sentence examples (12)

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  1. xas kaan nimáhat pi'êep va'irípraam.
    There I saw an old mine.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  2. xas kari íripar nipsárar.
    Then I went after a pick.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  3. kari xás ni'íripkurih matée kumayaayaach.
    The farther down I dug the better luck I had.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  4. cháavura satáranak ni'íripishri.
    Finally I got down to bed-rock.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text

  5. xás pamúkiit, yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik, kóova uxvíiphaanik.
    And his grandmother, she dug into the sand, she got so mad.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  6. xás yúxnaam u'íripkurihanik.
    She dug a hole in the sand.
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Mourning Dove Young Man Gambles away his Doodle Bug Grandmother's Dress" (JPH_KT-06) | read full text

  7. vaa káan ni'íripeesh.
    I am going to go dig something (there).
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  8. îikam vaa káan ni'íripeesh.
    I am going to go digging outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  9. tanukyáanar mûuk ni'íripeesh.
    I am going to dig with a shovel.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  10. xás píshiip uum ishahátiimich tá kun'íripkuri su'vári vúra.
    And first they dug a deep hole at the edge of the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Soaking Acorns" (WB_KL-75) | read full text

  11. peekmaháchraam uum sú' u'íripkurihahitih.
    The sweathouse was dug down into the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  12. xás sú' u'íripkurihva.
    And it was dug down into the ground.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text