Ararahih'urípih
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íshyaav winter

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3178 | revised Jun 11 2004

íshyaav • N • winter

Derivatives (5)
ishyâat "King salmon, "spring salmon""
ishyaavárih "late in the year"
ishyáavha "to winter, to live through the winter"
ithéeshyaav "all winter"
ithéeshyav "all winter"

Source: WB 744, p.352

Sentence examples (6)

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  1. xás tá íshyaav.
    And it was winter by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás ithâan kuméeshyaav vúra puxích tupáthrih, pa'íshaha tu'uh.
    And one winter it rained hard, the water rose.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  3. pavírusar íshyaav kusrahkêem kári koovúra eeráriivak kúuk tá kunpávyiihma.
    In the winter, in December (the bad month), the bears all go into dens.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  4. púyava sú' kuníkrii ithéeshyaav.
    They stay inside all winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  5. púyava íshyaav kunkupeeykárahitih.
    They killed it that way in the winter.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text

  6. púyava vaa íshyaav kun'áamtih.
    And in the winter they ate it.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bear Hunting" (WB_KL-71) | read full text