Ararahih'urípih
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áahka / áahku- to set fire to (something), to burn (something), to burn down (as a house)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #13 | revised Oct 31 2014

áahka / áahku- • V • to set fire to (something), to burn (something), to burn down (as a house)

Derivation:  áah-ka
handle.fire-to

Source: WB 29.3, p.315

  • xeechíchnihich, amtápnihich, pámitva káan ikúk kun'áhkoot. It's soft ground, an ashy place, where they burned the logs. [Reference: TK 86.5]
  • peekxúrik tu'áahkoo. He set fire to a bunch of papers. [Reference: KV]

See áah 'to handle fire' See -ka(a/u) 'onto'

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. tu'áahka.
    He lit it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  2. kári xás aah mûuk koovúra u'aahkóonaa pamukunfíthi pakuníkviit-hinaa.
    So he burned all their feet with fire while they slept.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. papanyúrar tá nu'áhkoo.
    We burned the bear-lilies.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  4. naa nixúti " Herbert u'aahkôoti patáhpuus."
    I think Herbert is burning fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text