Ararahih'urípih
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áan string, twine, thread, rope

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #33 | revised Nov 07 2014

áan N • string, twine, thread, rope

Derivatives (4)
achkún'aan "snare to catch thrushes"
arará'aan "Indian string"
simsím'aan "cable"
xahá'aan "spider thread, spider silk"

Source: WB 93, p.317; JPH mat 07:395R

Note: Iris string 3/32 inch in diameter; thinner than thamvâan.

  • xás uparíshriihva antunvêech. And he twined little strings. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 005]
  • púyava koovura paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav. And all the spiders, they all made their string. [Reference: WB T33.53]


Short recordings (3) | Sentence examples (34)

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  1. áankunish sú' usasípiithva, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahiti, koovúra vookupíti pamupírish, áachip áankunish u'ishipváraahitih.
    They have little threads in them, with a filament running down the middle; they are all that way, with a filament running down that way.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  2. hôoy pami'áan?
    Where is your rope?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  3. pamu'áan uum îikam.
    His rope is outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about possession, locatives; words for consonants and accent (VS-08) | read full text
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  4. pa'ápsuun uum vúra vâaram, pa'áan uum ipshûunkinich.
    The snake is longer than the rope. (The snake is long, the rope is short)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  5. pa'ápsuun káru pa'áan xákaan vúra yav.
    The snake is as long as the rope. (The snake and the rope are both good)
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about comparisons (VS-18) | read full text
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  6. kâan uvararîihvutih káan pá'aan
    It's hanging on the rope.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-33) | read full text
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  7. xás vaa táay tuparíshriihva pá'aan.
    So he twined a lot of string.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. ta'ítam ukífukvaheen pá'aan.
    Then he tied the string in a bundle.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. kári xás u'árihroov, áan ithá'iithva, antunvêech, vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk.
    And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. víri vaa patóo thvásip tóo thvároov pá'aan.
    When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. xás uparíshriihva antunvêech.
    And he twined little strings.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. úma vaa ukúphaanik, pámitva ithéeshyav uparíshriihva antunvêech.
    That's what he had done, he twined little strings the previous winter.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás íp táay áan usáanvutihat, káruma vaa íp uvúpareeshat pamúspuk.
    He was carrying a lot of thread, that's what he was going to string his money with.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. xás pihnêefich upíip " chími aan nuparíshriihvunaa."
    Then Coyote said, "Let's twine string!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  15. xás pa'aantunvêech kun'ivitshurooti víri vaa u'ífiktih.
    And when they picked off the little strings, he was picking them up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  16. xás ta'ítam kunkunihúraanaheen pá'aan.
    And so they shot the string up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  17. pihnêefich upíip " naa píshiip paniní'aan á' kiikuníhuraa."
    Coyote said, "Shoot my string up first!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  18. xás pa'avansatinihyâach upíip " chími naa paniní'aan kiikuníhuraa."
    Then the little flat man said, "Shoot my string up!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  19. xás pá'aan ukéen.
    And the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  20. xás pihnêefich u'aachíchha, xás upíip " kúnish íp nípaat pamú'aan uum káan úkyiimeesh."
    And Coyote was glad, and he said, "I sort of said his string would reach there!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text
  21. kári xás kunpiip, chimi nuparíshriihvi, chimi aan nukyav.
    And they said, "Let's twine, let's make string!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  22. kári xás pihnêefich vúra uum táay tá pamú'aan.
    And Coyote had a lot of string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  23. púyava koovúra paxah, koovúra mukún'aan kuníkyav.
    And all the spiders, all made their string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  24. kári xás pihnêefich mú'aan píshiich kunkuníhuraa.
    And they shot Coyote's string up first.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  25. koovúra paxáh tá kunkuníhuraa pamukún'aan.
    All the spiders shot up their string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  26. kári xás xahamíchmiich kári xás u'êethraa pamú'aan.
    Then (the spider called) xahamíchmiich brought up his string.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  27. xás vúra nîinamich pooyrúhahiti pamú'aan.
    And his string was coiled just small.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  28. kári xás upíip pihnêefich, " yee! hûut inísheesh pamí'aan, húuk paathmi.
    And Coyote said, "Hey, what are you going to do with your string, throw it (away) some place!
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text
  29. xás u'êe pá'aan.
    And he gave him the rope.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  30. xás pa'uripih'ípan anxára unhîishrih.
    And they tied a long string to the end of the net.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text
  31. púyava pa'ipanîich pa'áama tu'uumáhaak púyava pa'áan tóo kéen.
    When the salmon got to the end, the string quivered.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text