Ararahih'urípih
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ishvit to detach, cut off

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3157 | revised Jul 27 2008

ishvit • V • to detach, cut off

Derivatives (13; show derivatives)

Source: WB 739, p.352

Note: Cf. ikvit 'to cut', ivit- 'to detach'. Note idiom: imyáh tóoshvit 'he cut off life', i.e. 'he died'.

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  1. ishvitáva aaxkúnish.
    Part of it was red colored.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. peheeraha'íppa pakóo uthvúyttiihva pamushvitáva
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  3. pamushvitáva
    its various parts or pieces
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  4. ishvít kóo tu'uum.
    He arrived as far as half-way (up the tree).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  5. pamukúntiik ishvít kóo aas kun'áakkurihtih, pakun'axaychákishrihtih.
    They put their hands halfway into the water, when they took hold of (the gunwales).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  6. kári xás vaa vúra kóo úsviitshur papáthraam.
    And he pulled off her whole hair-club.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text