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víish / víishrih- to come down, to descend
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6527 | revised Jan 22 2016
víish / víishrih- • V • to come down, to descend
| Derivation: | va-ish |
| go-down |
Derivative (1)
iruvíish "(pl.) to descend"
Source: WB 1513.12, p.393
Note: The alternant vîish is not glottalized before pause. Note idioms: imfír tuvîish '(object) it's hot', imcháx tuvîish '(weather) it's hot', éexrih tuvîish 'there's a famine' (KV).
- tanupirúviish. We came back down. [Reference: KV]
- ikakrihákaam tuvîish. There's going to be a big frost. [Reference: JPH "Grammar" 367]
Sentence examples (6)
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xás yíth upíip:
" áthiik tuvîish,
chími nuptaamáaxi."
Then one said: "It is getting cold, let's scrape up the coals."Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
chavúra pâanpay imfir tuvîish.
Then after a while it got hot.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
vúra uum puxich imfir tuvîish.
Then it got awfully hot.Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text -
xás astíip uvîish.
So he went down to the bank.Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text -
éexri tuvîishrih.
Famine descended (on the people).Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text -
pafatavéenaan poo'ípakahaak ikxúrar tóo pvíishrih,
xás vúra pa'áraar tá kun'íranva.
When the priest returned, evening was falling, and the people were coming to celebrate the world renewal.Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text