Ararahih'urípih
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yiiv / yivu- far

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7085 | revised Feb 12 2016

yiiv / yivu- ADV • far

Derivatives (7)
eethayîihva "to carry away"
yiimúsich "a little ways off"
yiivánihich "a little farther off"
yiivánihichha "to be careful"
yiivárih "rather far; away"
yíivha "to be far"
yiivthaanêen "a placename"

Source: WB 1680, p.401

  • xás pihnêefich uum táyiiv. By then Coyote was a long way off. [Reference: WB T5.83]
  • miník kúnish puyívuhara. It's not so far! [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 046]


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  1. xas muyiimúsich káru ník u'áraarahiti, áxak yeeripáxvuhsa kaan kun'iin.
    And (others) lived close by. Two girls lived there.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  2. itráhyar pa'asípiitsa káru vaa kóohoo imvarámpiitsa káru itráhyar síkih.
    There were ten new bowls, and also ten new plates, and also ten spoons.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  3. xas upákurih "yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh."
    And he sang, "We will drag her a long ways."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. yíiv vúra nuthyuruveesh, chími âapun, tá nimyáhumar, chími âapun, tá nichnahirúvuukva, chími âapun, tá nithurirúvuukva, chími âapun."
    "We will drag you far away. Let me down, I am tired! Let me down, I am defecating all over myself, let me down, please! I am urinating all over myself, let me down!"
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  5. kári xás sâam upishkáakfak káruma vúra yiiv.
    Then he gave a jump down, but it was very far away.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  6. kári xas yiimúsich tu'áhoo.
    Then he went a short way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  7. chavúra tá yiiv tóo pthívruhvarak.
    He floated a long ways down.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  8. vaa vúr upifyîimmuti pa'avansa'ávahkamvari tu'íffahaak.
    The highest it ever grows is higher than man.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text
  9. yiivánihich chuvnîivkach.
    Go away, fly.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
    Spoken by Lucille Albers | Download | Play
  10. yiivánihich vírusur.
    Go away, bear.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  11. xás vúra yíiv sáruk.
    It was way down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  12. xás uxuti kunish yíim nîinamich papúufich, xás póo'uum xás vúra uum pufíchkaam.
    And he thought the deer was small, but when he got there, it was a big deer.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  13. uxúti nîinamich papúufich káru uum vúra yíiv sáruk xás.
    He thought the deer was small because it was way down the hill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  14. váa vúra uum yíiv xas vaa vúra uxúti íkiich punakúniihkeeshara xás vúra vaa ukúniihka.
    And it was so far away, he thought, maybe I won't get it, but he did shoot it.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  15. yiimúsich xas nihyárihish.
    I stood a little way off.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  16. chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    Finally he walked a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  17. xás chavúra yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    And finally he traveled a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  18. kári xás púyava chavúra yíiv tu'áhoo.
    And so finally he traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  19. vúra vaa u'áhootih, vúra tá yíiv káruk.
    He was walking that way, a long ways upriver by this time.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  20. kári xás yánava yíiv káruk tu'áhoo.
    He saw he was a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  21. chavúra tá yíiv tóo pthívruuhvarak.
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  22. kári xás chavúra yíiv tá kunvíitma.
    So finally they paddled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  23. púyava chavúra tá yíiv vúrava u'asímchaaktih.
    So finally he kept his eyes closed like that for a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  24. chavúra yíiv tá kunpávyiihma.
    Finally they went a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  25. chavúra yiimúsich tu'uum.
    Finally he went a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  26. yiimúsich tóo tsîip.
    He looked off a little ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  27. yíiv tuthívruuhma.
    He floated a long ways.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  28. xás vúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  29. kári xás tá yíiv u'uum.
    And he went a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  30. kári xás tá yíiv u'uum.
    Then he went a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  31. " payêem vúra yiimúsich vúra nikvíripshipreevish," uxus.
    "Now I'll break into a run just close to it," he thought.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  32. xás pihnêefich uum ta yiiv.
    And by this time Coyote was a long ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  33. " naa vúra yíiv ni'aramsîiprivti páy nanuxákararih."
    "I come from far away, from the outside."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  34. vúra yíiv tu'áhoo.
    He traveled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  35. yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  36. káruk vúra yîiv tu'uum.
    He got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  37. xás yíiv tu'uum.
    And he got a long ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  38. vúrava yíiv tu'uum.
    He got a long way off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  39. xás vúra yíiv káruk tu'uum.
    And he got a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  40. vúra yíiv tu'árihroov.
    He went upriver a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  41. xás pihnêefich tóo piip " yée naa, yiivárih.
    And Coyote said, "Hey, go away!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  42. kári xás yíiv tu'ípahoo papihnêefich.
    And Coyote went on a long ways.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  43. kári xás vúra púva yiiv uum.
    They hadn't yet gone very far.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  44. " miník kúnish puyívuhara.
    "It's not so far!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text
  45. xás chavúra yiiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  46. chavúra puyiimúsich uumára, táma kúkuum utápichfak.
    Finally he hadn't got far, and again he slipped downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  47. vaa káan ávansa úkrii, páykuuk yíiv úkrii, patuyshipriha'ápapkam.
    A man lives there, he lives far off there, on the other side of the mountain.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  48. kúna vúra páykuuk yíiv áhoon, payôok xáyfaat i'áhoo, peempaheepshûunkinich, kâarim ikupheesh.
    But go by the far way yonder, don't travel (by the way) right here, on the short road, you'll do badly.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  49. xás upíti " tá na'ûuri páykuuk pani'ahoonkôoti yiiv."
    And she said, "I'm tired of going by the far way yonder."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  50. yiimúsich úhyiivti " chú páy axíich pipúniich, táay íp imafúnvaansa."
    Some distance (from home) he was shouting, "Here, children, this is the tail! There were a lot of beggars."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  51. yiivánihich uthárish.
    He put it down a little ways off.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  52. púyava patée kxurárahaak yiimúsich vúra tóo kpêehva patu'ípak.
    When it was evening, he would shout a little ways off as he returned.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  53. kári xás yiivári kúuk u'íipma, kúkuum upítkaanvar.
    Then he went away again, he went to spear fish again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  54. kári xás yiimúsich vúra ukpêehva " axichapipúniishich."
    Then he shouted a little ways off, "Little children-tail!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  55. yukún yíiv á' utásunihtihanik pa'íin.
    You see, the falls were (like) a barrier (reaching) a long ways up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text
  56. púyava paaxíich yiivári tu'íipma xás tóo pviraxsîip.
    Then when the child went away, she licked it up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  57. yiimúsich kúna uum táma upikyívunih.
    But it fell down again just a little ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  58. yiimúsich ník tu'uum, kári tupikyívunih.
    It went a little ways, then it fell down again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  59. yiimúsich tóo pmah, apsunmúnukich.
    She saw Racer a little ways off.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Adulterers Discovered" (WB_KL-39) | read full text
  60. xás kári chavúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  61. chavúra yíiv kúkuma tóo hyiv.
    Finally, a long ways on, there was a shout again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  62. chavúra tá yíiv káruk u'árihroov.
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  63. yíiv vúra tu'íipma.
    He went far away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  64. víriva yiimúsich vúra poo'ûupvutih.
    She dug roots a little ways away.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text
  65. yiimúsich vúra utsîip pamukun'ikrívraam.
    He saw their house a little ways off.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  66. yíiv vúra tá kun'uum.
    They went a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  67. xás vúra yíiv tuvíitma.
    And he rowed a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  68. vúrava uvíitrup, yíiv vúra tuvíitma.
    He paddled downriver like that, he paddled a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  69. yíiv tá kunípviitma.
    They paddled back a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  70. púyava pootáyiithharati yíiv vúra tá kun'aramsípriin, kúnikvárishtih, xáat káru vikakêemich.
    So when she lashed the base of a basket with them, people came from far away, they bought from her, (though) she might be a poor weaver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  71. ithâan kumamáh'iit umá " pachánchaaf yíiv á' vúra úkrii".
    One morning she saw the foam was up high.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  72. xás mâam kúuk ukúniihva yiimúsich vúra.
    So he shot a little ways uphillward.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  73. yíiv yúruk xás pamítaat úkrii.
    And your mother lives far downriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text
  74. káruma uum yiimúsich tu'íshunvaheen pa'ápuroon.
    The fact was, she had hidden the charms some distance away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  75. xás vaa yíiv yúruk xumvaroomáruk áhkaam tóo kyav.
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  76. káruk yíiv ikhurôok tu'árihroov.
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  77. yiimúsich xás pakuníkpaaksur.
    They cut them off some ways out (from the trunk).
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text
  78. xás pa'ávansa vaa vúra úkviipti, kúnish yiimúsich payêem.
    The man is running like that, sort of far away now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  79. páy uum tishrámkaam, xás utuyshíiprinahiti yiiv.
    This is a big valley, and there are mountains rising far away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  80. pa'asiktávaan yiivári kúuk tu'íipma, tóo ktaamsip pa'ásip.
    The woman goes away again, she carries off the bowl.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  81. xás tu'ûusip pa'ípaha, xás yiivári kúuk tu'íipma.
    He picks up the tree, and goes away again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text