Ararahih'urípih
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áathva / áathvu- to be afraid

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #59 | revised Oct 31 2014

áathva / áathvu- • V • to be afraid

Derivative (1)
aathvávath "to scare (someone)"

Source: WB 200, p.325

Note: Idiom: áathva ukyâati 'he scares him, makes him afraid'.

  • u'áathvanik pakunixvíripanik. He had gotten so afraid when she had swallowed him. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 196]

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  1. tá ná'aathva.
    I'm scared.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about fear and going places (LA-01) | read full text
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  2. naa tá ná'aathva.
    I am scared.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  3. iim tee'áathva?
    Are you scared?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about personal states (VS-06) | read full text
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  4. tu'áathva.
    She was afraid (of being exposed).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Blue Jay As Doctor" (WB_KL-29) | read full text

  5. áathva ukyáatih.
    She made her afraid.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  6. vaa kumá'ii pa'áathva ukyáavunaati.
    That's why he scared them.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text

  7. víri naa tá ná'aathva.
    I'm afraid.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  8. máruk hôoyva ni'ípahoo, tá ná'aathva."
    I'm going uphill somewhere; I'm afraid."
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Snake People" (WB_KL-60) | read full text

  9. kári xás uxus, " tá ná'aathva kip nusúmahtih."
    And (the one who remained) thought, "I'm afraid; we've been hearing some noise."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  10. kári xás upiip, " áp ná'aathvat, víri tá ni'ípak."
    And she said, "I was afraid, so I came back."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  11. káruma kári pa'áraaras kári pa'áraaras kári kun'áathvunaatih.
    (But) the fact was, the Indians were still afraid.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text

  12. pa'ápsuun ithyáruk kuníshkaakaraanik, xás paaxíich tá kun'áathva, xás kuníhmar.
    The snakes have jumped across, and the children are afraid, and they ran.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text