Ararahih'urípih
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íship to be in a line, to extend

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2964 | revised Dec 19 2014

íship V • to be in a line, to extend

Derivatives (13; show derivatives)

Source: WB 697, p.350

Note: With directional suffixes, sometimes acts as transitive.

  • yánava pavuhvúha tu'íship. They saw that the deerskin dance was lined up. [Reference: KM 32.12]
  • ithyáruk pootkárati yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivti. When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 057]


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  1. áankunish sú' usasípiithva, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti, koovúra vookupíti pamupírish, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  2. yánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen.
    He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  3. ithyáruk pootkáratih yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivtih.
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text