Ararahih'urípih
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ithvuy / ithvuya- a name

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3322 | revised Feb 12 2015

ithvuy / ithvuya- • N • a name

Derivation:  ithvuy-a
be.named-DEVERB

Derivative (1)
ithvuyxâaha "to care, to be sorry, to grieve, to mourn"

Source: WB 778.1, p.354

  • peheeraha'ípa mupikutunváramoo, káru koovúra pamúthvuy... the parts of a plant, and all their names... [Reference: TK 47.22]

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  1. peheeraha'íppa mupikyutunváramuu, káru koovúra pamúthvuy
    "Morphology of the Tobacco Plant"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Morphology of the Tobacco Plant: The Plant (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A) | read full text

  2. múthvuy uum Leslie.
    Her name is Leslie.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  3. naníthvuy uum Andrew.
    My name is Andrew.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  4. pamíthvuy uum Vina.
    Your name is Vina.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about asking name, adjectives (VS-02) | read full text
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  5. hûut míthvuy?
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  6. naníthvuy uum Vina.
    My name is Vina.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  7. hûut iim míthvuy?
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20b) | read full text
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  8. hûut pamíthvuy?
    What's your name?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: questions, answers, possessives (VS-29) | read full text
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  9. pa'áraar uum pupítihara pamú'arama múthvuy patu'ívahaak.
    The Indian did not say his child's name when it died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  10. káru vúra koovúra pamu'áraaras tá kun'ívahaak pupítihara mukun'íthvuy.
    And when any of his relatives died, he did not say their names.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  11. xás hâari tá kunipíthvuuymath míta pakêemish múthvuy.
    Sometimes they name someone again with the name of the deceased.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  12. víriva kári uum tá kunipíti peethvuy, vúra puhúunhara.
    Then they could still say the name, and no harm was done.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  13. xás hâari vúra ára puxútihara, víri vúra tóo piip peethvuy.
    Sometimes a person just wasn't thinking, so he said the name.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Swearing" (WB_KL-0) | read full text

  14. xás koovúra tupipshinvárihva péethvuy, ípa kunípeerat " ikvan."
    And he forgot all the names that they had told him to buy.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  15. xás payêem vaa vúra mukun'íthvuy rúup.
    And now (his descendants') name is Rube.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text