Ararahih'urípih
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itíhaan always, constantly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3382 | revised Nov 07 2005

itíhaan • ADV • always, constantly Variant: hitíhaan, hitíhaanik.

Source: WB 751, p.353

  • xás káruk vúra itíhaan vúra ithéekxaram xúus ni'éethti. And upriver I was taking care of him all night. [Reference: WB T93. Violet's dog. 007]
  • kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvuti. Madrone was always wandering around idly. [Reference: WB T35.12]

Sentence examples (24)


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  1. úum papihnîichich vúra kich itíhaan iinâak úkrii, áah ukyâatih.
    Their old man always sat inside, tending the fire.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. pahûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak vaa vúra kóo itíhan kuméekxaram nanitúnviiv vaa pay'ôok kun'írunaatiheesh.
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. naa vúra itíhaan máh'iitnihich níkfuuksipriv.
    I always get up early.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. kâarim nipmahóonkoonati patá níkviit-hitih itíhaan.
    I feel bad when I am always sleeping.
    Source: Julian Lang, Vina Smith, Conversation: Julian's Day (JL-VS-01) | read full text
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  5. naa vúra itíhaan panihêeratih.
    I always smoke.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  6. naa vúra itíhaan nihêeratih.
    I am always smoking.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences with verb paradigms, words for accent (VS-11) | read full text
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  7. vaa vúra vaa itíhaan vúra vaa u'ákunvuti káru.
    He was always doing that, he was always hunting.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  8. manâa vaa pa'ávansa vúra vaa puxích mít vúra itíhaan vúra ikpíhan.
    Maybe (you can say) that the man was always strong.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  9. papúsihich vúra itíhaan ukvíit-hitih.
    The cat is always sleeping.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about a cat (VS-34b) | read full text
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  10. panipihnîichhaak, vúra itíhaan nikvíit-hitiheesh.
    When I get to be an old man, I'll be sleeping all the time.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about feeling cold, playing, and getting old (VS-35b) | read full text
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  11. uum vura itíhaan neepsháravriiktih.
    She always helps me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  12. uum vúra itíhaan îin neepsháravriiktih
    She always helps me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  13. itíhaan îin neepsháravrik.
    She always helps me.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about weaving a hat (VS-37) | read full text
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  14. xás vúra uum itíhaan táay nanu'áhup.
    We always had a lot of wood.
    Source: Vina Smith, Gathering wood (VS-47) | read full text
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  15. xás upíip " pa'íshaha itárivramnihaak, vaa kári vúra itasámsaamtiheesh itíhaan, peekóohaak uum vaa get lumpy."
    And she said, “Pour the water in, and keep stirring it all the time, if you stop, it will get lumpy.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  16. xás káruk vúra... itíhaan vúra ithéekxaram xúus ni'éethti.
    And upriver ... I was taking care of him all night.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text

  17. manâa naa mít káru nîinamich itíhaan áhup nukyâati, pananitípa xákaan, áhup núkpaakti.
    Well, also when I was little, we were always gathering wood, my brother and I, we were chopping wood.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  18. kúkuum vúra tanupipêer, itíhaan vaa vúra áhup nukyâati.
    Again we told each other, “We’re always gathering wood.”
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  19. víri vaa kumá'ii pa'itíhaan nuu xás nukyáviichvuti aa-- íshaha káru núktaamti.
    That’s why we always had to work then ah–we also carried water.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  20. vúra itíhaan panukyáviichvuti.
    We were always working.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  21. akráa itíhaan vúra kuníthtiitih.
    They were always gambling (with) Eel.
    Source: Violet Super, Why the eel has no bones (VSu-06) | read full text
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  22. kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvutih.
    Madrone was always wandering around idly.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  23. víri vaa vúra kumakári kumáheesh kusrípan, itíhaan kumahárinay tu'ur.
    You will see him that way still, every year he peels.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  24. uum vúra itíhaan kumamáh'iit tóo kvátar, itukuk'afishríhan.
    The young man of itúkuk went gathering sweathouse wood every morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text