Ararahih'urípih
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áasish / áasishrih- to lie down, to go to bed

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #52 | revised Oct 31 2014

áasish / áasishrih- • V • to lie down, to go to bed

Derivation:  ásiv-ish
go.to.bed-down

Source: WB 157.4, p.323

Note: With irreg. morphophonemics.

  • âapun vúra kúnish u'asishrîihvuti xákarari vúra patu'úumahaak. It was like he pretty near lay down on the ground [in dancing] as he reached each end of the line.\rf KS42. Rabbit and Snow 010 [Reference: KT 153.30]
  • xasík mupîimich ni'aasíshriheesh. I am going to lie down by her. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 034]
  • xás kun'asíshriihvunaa. And they went to bed. [Reference: KT 153.30]

Sentence examples (15)


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  1. uxús: " chími kán'aasish ôok peekmaháchraam."
    He thought: "Let me lie down here, in the sweathouse."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. chavúra tá xánahishich chími axmáy u'áasish patáprihak, vúra tóo mchax tá pukunish kêenatihara.
    Then after a while all at once he lay down on the pavement, he was hot, it was like he couldn't move.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. nu ni'áasish, nikvíit-ha, xás vúra fâatva nithítiv.
    When I was sleeping I heard something.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  4. íp u'áasishrihat.
    She lay down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. íp u'áasishriheen kúnish vaa puyáv ipmahóonkoonatihara.
    She laid down, she wasn't feeling good.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. naa payêem ni'aasíshriheesh.
    I'm going to lie down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  7. payôok áasishrih!
    Lie down here!
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  8. koovúra nu'áasishrihinaa.
    We are all lying down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about sitting, standing and lying (VS-35a) | read full text
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  9. xás vaa káan ahup'iyvoorámaam káan u'áasish.
    And he lay down there behind the woodpile.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. xás ahúpmaam kúuk u'uum, xás u'áasish.
    And he went behind the woodpile, and he lay down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás pihnêefich u'áasish, " naa tá níkviit-ha."
    Then Coyote lay down, (he said), "I'm going to sleep."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  12. xás asúuxar kun'asíshriihva.
    And they went to bed without eating.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text

  13. kári xás uum u'áasish, ahinámtiimich.
    And she went to bed, at the edge of the fire.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  14. xás pa'avansáxiitichas tá kun'áasishrih.
    The little boys had gone to bed.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  15. xás poovôonupuk káan u'áasish.
    And when he came out (of the sweathouse), he lay down there.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text