Ararahih'urípih
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íinka / íinku- to be on fire, to burn

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1677 | revised Nov 11 2014

íinka / íinku- • V • to be on fire, to burn

Derivation:  iin-ka
burn-to

Derivatives (2)
iinkárav "to burn up"
iinkúvath "to burn (something)"

Source: WB 622.1, p.347

  • peekrívraam tu'íinka. The house is on fire. [Reference: KV]
  • pá'aah u'iinkúti. The fire is burning. [Reference: KV]

Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (14)

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  1. pa'áhup uum tu'íinka.
    The wood is burning.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  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. tu'íinka.
    It burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  4. pa'áama tóo mnish xás vúra tu'íinka.
    She cooked the fish and it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  5. pa'áama tóo mnish xás tu'íinka.
    She cooked the fish until it burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  6. pa'ápxaan tu'íinka.
    The hat burned.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  7. pa'ápxaan vúra tu'íinka ikxáramkunish.
    The hat burned black.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: cooking, packing, jumping, throwing (VS-31) | read full text
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  8. hinupáy pamu'afupchúrax poo'iinkútih.
    There it was his anus burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. hinupáy íp pa'axváha mûuk upsívshaapat hinupáy vaa poo'iinkútih.
    There it was the pitch he had sealed it with that was burning.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. yánava " tá ná'iinka."
    He saw, (he said), "I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. chími vaa u'íinka pa'axváha pamu'áfup.
    Soon the pitch was burning on his buttocks.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  12. xás vúra patu'iinkáyaachha xás tée imnakákaam.
    And when (the bark) had burned well, then there was a big coal.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  13. " cháas, neepchívchaaksurih, tá ni'íinka."
    "Younger brother, open the door for me, I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  14. xás kúkuum vúra tóo kpêehva " neepchívchaaksurih, tá ni'íinka."
    And again he shouted, "Open the door for me, I'm burning!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text