Ararahih'urípih
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áah fire, lantern, electric light, electricity

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #10 | revised Sep 22 2014

áah • N • fire, lantern, electric light, electricity

Derivation:  áah-a
handle.fire-DEVERB

Derivatives (14; show derivatives)

Source: WB 29.1, p.314; G761

Note: In compounds, sometimes aha-, sometimes ah-. Note that locative is áak 'in the fire'.

  • naa vúra pishîip áhkaam tánikyav. I first make a big fire. [Reference: KS31. Coyote Calls Birds 023]

See áah1 'to handle fire'

Short recordings (4) | Sentence examples (48)

  1. pá'aah "the fire" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  2. pá'aah pikyav "to put the fire on" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  3. áah "fire" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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  4. áah pikyav "to put the fire on" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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