Ararahih'urípih
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iv / im- to die

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3441 | revised Nov 17 2014

iv / im- V • to die

Derivatives (8)
íimkar "to drown"
ívapuh "dead person"
íviruv "to be completely exhausted"
ivíthvaaykam "(in) front of the house"
ivkúkam "entrance way to a house"
ivmá'kukamich "back of the house"
ivpîimach "near the house"
ivshá'kukamich "just downhill from the house"

Source: WB 788, p.355

Note: Cf. táanva '(du.) to die', péeruunpa '(pl.) to die.' Note the idiom áthiik tu'iv 'he's cold' with áthiik 'cold'.

  • támit u'ívat panani'ákah. My father is dead. [Reference: KV]
  • paáraar uum pu'ipítihara pamú'arama múthvuy patu'ívahaak. The Indian doesn't say his child's name when it dies. [Reference: WB G143.6]


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  1. támit u'ívat."
    "He died."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  2. paninípshiih áthiik tu'ívahaak, vaa kári vúra puna'áhootihara.
    When my legs get cold, then I can’t walk.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xâatik vúra, uum, vúra hárivari u'ívahaak.
    "Just let him be, whenever he may die.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  4. vaa kumá'ii paxáas tu'iv, pu'uum vúra fâat kumakêemish áamtihan."
    "That's why he almost died, he didn’t eat any kind of poison."
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  5. ayu’âach púfaat pa'ávansa iináak, panini'ákah uum támit u'ívat.
    It was because there was no man in the house, my father had died.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. xás vúra chími u'íveesh, kóova tuvaxráhchak.
    And he was about to die, he was so thirsty.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  9. káan pihnêefich úkrii, muyeeripáxvu xákaan kun'iin, muhrôoha támit u'ívat.
    Coyote lived there, he and his daughter lived, his wife had died.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text
  10. vaa kích upíti pakéevniikich " yôotva tu'iv, panani'íkam."
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, he's dead, my son-in-law."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  11. vaa kích upítih pakéevniikich " yôotva tu'ív panani'íkam."
    The old woman was just saying, "Hurray, my son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  12. iinâak vaa kích uthítiimti poopakurîihvuti " yôotva tu'iiv'íiv, íkamish tu'iiv'íiv."
    Inside he just heard her singing, "Hurray, he's dead, son-in-law is dead!"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  13. xás âanxus upêer " papu'imáan ívahaak xáat paniní'arama ihrôoha."
    And she told Weasel, "If you do not die tomorrow, let my child be (your) wife."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  14. xás pakeechxâach u'iv.
    So the widow died.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. xás upiip, " yôotva u'iv, yôotva u'iv, yôotva u'iv."
    And he said, "Hurray, he's dead, hurray, he's dead, hurray, he's dead!"
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  18. (. . .) xás uxus, " chími ni'íveesh."
    (Weasel was again sent by an old man to fight a monster. The monster was getting the better of Weasel.) And he thought, "I'm going to die."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  19. hûutva kóo mímyaahti pati'ívahaak púra fâat vúra îin aamtíheeshara.
    All your life, when you die, nothing will eat (you).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  20. kári xás kinipéer, " pa'áraar tu'ívahaak, vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh.
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  21. víri chavúra pu'áraar iimtihara, chavúra peethívthaaneen upáxyar pa'áraar.
    Finally no person died, finally the people filled up the earth.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  22. vaa kári xás vúra kun'íimti poofíipha pa'áama.
    Then when the salmon was all gone, they died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  23. tu'iipkúrihar, " xáat káru ni'iv".
    He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  24. imáan umáh, utháaniv, vúra kári úksaahtih, káruma tu'ívaheen.
    The next day (the first devil) saw him, he was lying (there), he was still laughing; the fact was, he had died.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text