Ararahih'urípih
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áak in the fire

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #16 | revised Jun 26 2014

áak • N • in the fire

Derivation:  áah-k  (= áah-a-k)
fire-LOC  (= handle.fire-DEVERB-LOC)

  • póomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih. When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire. [Reference: WB T36.7]

See áah 'fire' See -k 'Locative'

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. kári xás upíip, " kach-kach-kach-kach," xás áak chanchaaksúrak u'árihrupuk.
    Then he said, "katch-katch-katch-katch," and up through the smokehole he flew out of the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. pa'áhup uum áak tu'íinka.
    The wood is burning in the fire.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. xás káan úyruuhriv, áak upiivkírihtih.
    And he lay there, he stuck his feet in the fire.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  4. kári xás pa'áhup áak u'êethripaa.
    Then (one of them) took a stick out of the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  5. kári xás áak úkuukirih.
    And he stuck a stick in the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  6. póomuusti pootáxraati pa'áak utkírih.
    When he looked at his arrowhead-attaching, he looked into the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Why Towhee Has Red Eyes" (WB_KL-36) | read full text

  7. kári xás vaa áak tá kunpathríimkurih.
    And they spread (the hide) over the fire.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  8. kári xás víri pamukunxúskaamhar víriva áak tá kunsímku ánam múuk.
    Then they heated their bows by the fire, with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Elk Hunting" (WB_KL-72) | read full text