Ararahih'urípih
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ih to dance

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1525 | revised Nov 03 2005

ih • V • to dance

Derivatives (19; show derivatives)

Source: WB 416, p.336

  • uxúti kíri ni'ih. He wants to dance. [Reference: KV]
  • vúra vaa kun'íihti. They kept dancing that way. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 016]

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  1. víri pa'avansáxiich uum áachip pakun'íihtih.
    There were the boys dancing in the middle.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. xás pihnêefich upíip " chími naa kan'íhi."
    And Coyote said, "Let me dance!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  3. yakún uumkun yúruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih, káru káruk ithivthaneen'ípan kun'íhmootih."
    They dance to the downriver end of the world, and they dance to the upriver end of the world."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás kunpíip " pa'avansáxiich káan tá kun'íihmahaak ík kári kupêethkeevish."
    And they said, "When the boys dance to there, you people must pull them out."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  5. xás kári kun'íihvunaa.
    Then they danced.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  6. xás káan pa'avansáxiich tá kun'íihma poosúruruprinahitihirak.
    And the boys danced there to where the hole was.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  7. vúra vaa kun'íihtih.
    They kept dancing that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  8. vúra vaa kun'íihtih.
    They kept dancing that way.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text

  9. kári xás káan u'íihtih, u'íihtih.
    And there he danced and danced.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. xás kunímuusti iv'ávahkam a' poo'íihtih.
    And (Lizard) was looked at as he danced, up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  11. yuuxmachmahánach vúra vaa u'íihtih.
    Lizard was dancing like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  12. poopárihrishuk víri vaa yuuxmachmahánach iv'ávahkam poo'íihtih, uthívtaaptih.
    When (Lizard) came out, Lizard danced on the roof, he did a war dance.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  13. víri vaa kích upíti poo'íihtih, " shakatíiyu'inaa híyoo.
    He said only this as he danced, "shakatíiyu'inaa híyoo.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  14. tá kuntápkuup pakunímuustih, u'íihtih.
    They liked him as they watched him, he was dancing.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  15. kári xás víri vaa tupuxíchkaanva poo'íihtih, kûufan 'an 'an 'an."
    And there he was exerting himself as he danced, (singing) "kûufan 'an 'an 'an."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  16. víri vaa kích upítih, tupuxíchkaanva, vúra tu'ih, too máahrav:
    That's all she would say, she's really dancing real hard, she's knowing things now:
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay as Doctor" (WB_LA78.1-004a) | read full text
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