Ararahih'urípih
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áasiv cave, overhanging rock

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #53 | revised Jun 26 2014

áasiv • N • cave, overhanging rock

Derivative (1)
asivtíshraam "placename near Clear Creek"

Source: WB 158, p.323

  • xás asivshúruk su' utápichkaa. Then he slipped in under a rock. [Reference: KM 27.33]
  • yukún vúra uum xára takun'íchunva áasiv. For a long time they had hidden in a cave. [Reference: WB T58.4]

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  1. xas asivsúruk su' utápichkaa.
    Then he slipped in under a rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. apsunmunukich xas upárihishrihanik vaa vura kaan, asivsúruk utápichkaanik.
    Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  3. sáruk xás asivshúnukich utápichkaa.
    He slipped downhill under an overhanging rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. yukún vúra uum xára tá kun'íchunva áasiv.
    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  5. vaa ík káan i'uumêesh pámita nu'ínoohvootihirak pa'aasívak.
    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text