Ararahih'urípih
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vathiv to fight

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6474 | revised Nov 13 2005

vathiv • V • to fight

Source: WB 1534, p.394

Note: An irregular variant occurs in the plural vathíinaa.

  • xáyfaat ikôoha peeváthiivti. Don't give up fighting! [Reference: KV]
  • káruma vaa pananítaat uum mu'ávanhanik pakóova kunváthiinaatihanik pa'asiktávaan mutipáhiivshahanik. The fact was, my mother's husband had been fighting with that woman's brothers. [Reference: TK 211.3]

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  1. víri vaa mu'íffuth pirishkyâarim ta 'íp uum máruk, kúkkuum kári vaa kunkúpha'anik peekxaréeyav, atipimámvaan achvúun xákkaan kunváththêen'nik.
    Then after Grizzly Bear was already up the hill, again the Ikxareyavs did it, Buzzard and Hookbill had a fight.
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  2. papúsihich tá kunváthiv.
    The cats are fighting.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  3. tá nithítiv papúsihich îikam uvathíivtih.
    I hear the cats fighting outside.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  4. kári pa'apxantínihich tá kunkôoha pakunváthiinaa kári xás pa'áraar afyíiv tá kínmah.
    When the white men finished fighting, then they were friendly to the Indians.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text