Ararahih'urípih
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íihya (long object) to stand, be; (with directionals) to project, to stick

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1646 | revised Jun 23 2005

íihya • V • (long object) to stand, be; (with directionals) to project, to stick

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 433, p.337

  • káan ípaha u'íihya. A tree is standing there. [Reference: KV]

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  1. páy kóo paxánthiip, páy yítha kóo paxánthiip káan u'íihya.
    There's an oak tree, there's an oak tree standing there.
    Source: Charlie Thom, Sr., How Charlie Grew Up (CT-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Charlie Thom, Sr. | Download | Play

  2. káan ípaha u'íihya.
    A tree stood there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. xás yánava káan axvaha'ípaha u'íihya.
    And he saw a pitch tree standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. xás yánava káan ípaha u'íihya, xás usúrukaahitih.
    And he saw a tree standing there, and there was a hole in it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  5. ii! yánava uhyárishukva pamútaat múpsiih.
    Oh, he saw his mother's leg sticking out!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  6. pa'ípaha u'íihya patáaskar tá kunimthátap.
    Where a tree stood, they lashed a pole to it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  7. xás vuráakir u'íihya, xás vaa káan pakunvóoruniihvutih.
    And a ladder stood (there), and they crawled down (into the house) on that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  8. xás vuráakir u'íihya vaa káan iinâak.
    And a ladder stood there inside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  9. papanamnihimthatváram uum vaa káan ukyâasipreehiti paGeorgia mutasa'îikukam, xás yúruk paxánthiip u'iihyírak u'ípanhitih.
    The Orleans stick-game field began there just outside Georgia's (Mrs. Georgia Henry's) fence, and it ended downriver where the black oak stands.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text

  10. vúra fátaak xás yáv u'íihya.
    Some places (the trees) are good
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Preparing Basket Materials" (WB_KL-85) | read full text

  11. víri vaa káan ípaha u'íihya.
    There is a tree standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  12. yeeripáxvu uhyárih, úksuupkuti ípaha, káan u'íihya.
    A girl is standing, she is pointing at a tree, it is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  13. káan tishrámkaam, xás úhthaamhitih, káru ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya.
    A big field is there, and a man is planting there, and a little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text

  14. xás ipahá'anamahach káan u'íihya.
    A little tree is standing there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text