Ararahih'urípih
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áfiv / afiva- bottom, base (of anything)

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lexicon ID #146 | revised Oct 31 2014

áfiv / afiva- • N • bottom, base (of anything)

Derivation:  áfiv-a
make.bottom-DEVERB

Derivatives (7)
áfivarih "toward the base"
afivîich "the very bottom"
afiviichvárih "toward the very bottom"
afivtínihich "a plant, blue-eyed grass"
axich'áfiv "a plant, willow dock"
thuxriv'áfiv "bottom of a bag"
vuutrava'áfiv "testicles"

Note: The dimin. is afivîich '(the) very bottom'.

  • ma'kêech tuyshipree'áfiv veekxaréeyav ukúphaanik. The ikxaréeyav from the foot of Shelton Butte did it. [Reference: WB 24.1, p. 314; TK 48.21]
  • áfiv vúra úmyaat-hiti, ávahkam takuntáfir. (An elk testicle pipe sack) is hairy at the base, they shave off the upper part. [Reference: TK 196.16]

See áfiv 'to make the bottom'

Sentence examples (5)

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  1. xas upíip, "vup'áfiv tákurukrivan hitíhaan íp napáknitsurunat."
    And the old man answered, "I pulled if off out of the back of my neck where the hair is so curly, you know."
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. afiv'ávahkam a'vánihich vaa poopírishhiti pamu'iheerahásaan, áfiv uum vúra piríshiipux.
    Somewhat up the stem the leaves commence; the base is without leaves.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text

  3. áfeer tá kunvítrip, vaa uum pukúkuum píiftihara, pávaa kun'îinishtihaak, payúux uxéetchichhitih.
    Root and all they pull them out, so they will not grow up again, and by doing this the ground is made softer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  4. xás papihnîich upiip, " paninivup'áfiv vaa káan utakurukíshriihva, víriva tóo kyiimshur."
    And the old man said, "It's curled up there at the base of the neck, it fell off."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Hair in the Soup" (WB_KL-21) | read full text