Ararahih'urípih
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íithva / íithvu- to pack, to carry on the back

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1713 | revised Oct 31 2014

íithva / íithvu- • V • to pack, to carry on the back

Derivatives (14; show derivatives)

Source: WB 772, p.354

  • ithvákaam u'íithvuti. He's carrying a big load. [Reference: KV]
  • yánava káan áraar u'áhooti, ikrívraam u'iithvúti. She saw a person traveling there, he was carrying a house. [Reference: WB 16: Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 047]

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  1. yánava pananipihneefích'anamahich tóo psírheen íp pani'íithvutihat.
    And found the little pup I'd been packing had got away already.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. tá nithyúrunih, tá puna'íithvutihara.
    I dragged it, I didn't try to pack it anymore.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. hûutvaheesh uum pee'íithvutihaak, peecapturehaak?
    How will you pack him, after you capture him?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  4. I have to be like ... fâat kumakêemish, poo'iithvútihanik fâatva...
    I'll be like ... some kind of animal to pack them, something ...
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play

  5. akâay? akâay poo'iithvútihanik?
    Who? Who was packing it?
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play

  6. múvaas u'iithvútih.
    He was carrying his blanket.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. yánava káan áraar u'áhootih, ikrívraam u'iithvútih.
    She saw a person travelling there, he was carrying a house.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text

  8. pamu'urútvaap poo'iithvúti á' vúra.
    He was carrying his dip-net frame up (in the air).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text

  9. peekxúrar púvaxay thivrúhish, koovúra axupa'ithvutiharamúrax.
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text