Ararahih'urípih
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ihruv to use; to hire

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1584 | revised Nov 03 2005

ihruv • V • to use; to hire

Derivatives (5)
ihnooháhiich "common-law wife"
ihrôoha "wife"
ihrôohaha "(man) to marry (a woman)"
ihrooháhaan "ex-wife"
ihroohéeshiip "best married woman (in a family)"

Source: WB 425, p.336

Note: JPH ani 06:689 gives mng 'to have someone do an errand'.

  • asúxiim punéehruuvtihara. I don't use sugar. [Reference: KV]
  • kúna vúra púvaa mít ihrúuvtihapha, pa'ûumukich veehêeraha. But they never used that, the tobacco near the houses. [Reference: TK 78.9]

Sentence examples (20)

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  1. patûupichas uum ihrôovish.
    You can use the little ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  2. No, I just wrap it up kinda, xás vaa vúra tá nihruv.
    No, I just wrap it up kinda, and I just use it like that [as an unfinished basket].
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. víri vaa man ... vaa péehruuvtih.
    Of course, because you use it like that.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. naníxvaah níhruuvti, níxus vaa páy ninísheesh.
    I'm using my head, I think, “I'll do like this.”
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  5. manâa puxutihara xáy kêechas nihruv.
    Well, you shouldn't try to use big ones.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  6. Well, whatever you got manâa vaa ihrôovish.
    Well, whatever you got, that's what you'll use.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  7. vaa payíth kôok kuníhruuvtihanik patákiram.
    They used to use a different kind of soaking basket.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  8. yúxnaam vaa káan... púva, néehruuvtihara payúxnaam.
    Never there in the fine sand, I didn't use the fine sand.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  9. mu'áasravar tóo hruv.
    He used his brain.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  10. tóo hruv.
    He used it.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  11. ipít pamu'ásravara uhrúuvtih.
    Yesterday he used his brain.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with words for accent (VS-07) | read full text
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  12. peekrupkáanvar nihrúuvti pa'as vaa nishxâareesh.
    I am going to go fishing with a fork.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  13. yúfish káru ni'ihrôovish vaa paninívuh nipithxáheesh.
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  14. yúfish ni'ihrôovish vaa káru nipithxáheesh pananívuh.
    I am going to use salt to brush my teeth.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: actions and instrumentals (VS-21) | read full text
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  15. víri hûutva kóo ithívthaaneen u'iináhaak, vaa vúra kóo kuníhruuvtiheesh pasímsiim.
    However long the world exists, so long will they use (her) knife.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  16. xás patá kunpíkniihvahaak, pá'aah tá kuníkyav, vaa kuníhruuvti tahpus'áptiik.
    And when they sweated themselves, they made the fire, they used fir boughs.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  17. púyava xás arátaanva tupíhruv.
    Then she used the pain (i.e. danced and sang with it).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sucking Doctor" (WB_KL-80) | read full text

  18. pa'aneekyávaan uum pírish pa'óohruuvtih káru hâari pirish'éepuum.
    The sweating doctor used plants and sometimes plant roots.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweating Doctor" (WB_KL-81) | read full text

  19. xás mít vaa káan asiktávaan uhróot.
    He hired a woman there.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  20. yáas nanítaat kuníhruv pikvah.
    Then my mother was hired for story-telling.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text