Ararahih'urípih
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síinvar / síinvara- to drown

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5377 | revised Jul 01 2015

síinvar / síinvara- • V • to drown

Literally: 'to disappear in through'

Derivation:  sir-vara
disappear-in.through

Derivatives (3)
axnatsinvanahíchkaam "rose sp."
axnatsinvanáhiich "wild rose"
sinvanáhiich "California poppy"

Source: WB 1234.5, p.380

  • xáyfaat ixuús xâatik usíinvar. Don't let him drown! (Lit. Don't think, 'Let him drown!') [Reference: KV]
  • usíinvar. He drowned. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 090]

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  1. usíinvar.
    He drowned.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. " eee!" xás uxúti pihnêefich " yáas naa nixúti ' tá nishíinvar.'"
    "Ah," Coyote thought then, "now I think I've drowned."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. xás usíinvar.
    And he drowned.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. mít kunípaat ' tóo síinvar kahyúras.'"
    They said he drowned at Klamath Lakes."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás usíinvar.
    And he drowned.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. kári xás upiip yítha pa'ifápiit, " ii! íf êev sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And one young woman said, "Alas, dear, sishanayâamach has really drowned!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  7. xás kunpínaa, vaa kích vúra pakunipítih" sishanayâamach tóo síinvar."
    And they came back uphill; that was all they were saying, "sishanayâamach has drowned."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  8. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  9. vúra hâari tóosíinvar, hâari tá pupitnúprihvara.
    Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text