Ararahih'urípih
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ikyívunih to fall downward

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lexicon ID #2380 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyívunih • V • to fall downward

Derivation:  ikyiv-unih
fall-down

  • ipvûunihi, xáy ikyívunih. Come back down, you might fall down! [Reference: Nettie Reuben, "Bullhead & Kunâach'aa", 1950a:18.]
  • peemáhaak, nanipíkvas tookyívunih, táni'iv. When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 009]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. akvaat tóo kyívunih.
    The raccoon fell down.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  2. akvaat fátaak ukyívunih.
    The raccoon fell out of the tree.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  3. xás upikyívunih.
    But it fell back down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás upêer pamukîit " peemáhaak ' nanipíkvas tóo kyívunih,' tá ni'iv."
    And he told his grandmother, "When you see my headdress-feather fall down, I'm dead."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  5. xás vúra ii! xáas vúra ukyívuni pamupíkvas, tóo xus, " ii! tu'iv."
    Then alas! his headdress-feather would almost fall, she would think, "Alas, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  6. xás ukúniihka, ukyívunih.
    Then they shot (a squirrel), (and) it fell down.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  7. poo'áaksur pirishkâarim sáruk uikyívunih.
    When he released the arrow, Grizzly Bear fell downhill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  8. yiimúsich kúna uum táma upikyívunih.
    But it fell down again just a little ways off.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  9. yiimúsich ník tu'uum, kári tupikyívunih.
    It went a little ways, then it fell down again.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text