Ararahih'urípih
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astiip shore; river-bank

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #708 | revised Nov 07 2014

astiip N • shore; river-bank

Derivatives (2)
ithyarukiráastiip "the opposite shore"
xakararáastiip "on both shores"

Source: WB 168, p.323

Note: Dimin. is astíipich 'right on the bank'.

  • xás uxus, vúra puna'ísheeshara astíipich. And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank." [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 072]
  • yánava yúruk ifápiitsha kuntákiriti astiip. He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver. [Reference: WB 1.86]


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  1. xás sáruk tóo thyúrufak ástiip.
    Then he dragged it downhill to the riverbank.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. Jean used to watch her, sáruk astiip tá kuntákirar.
    Jean used to watch her, they went to soak acorns by the riverbank.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
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  3. xás áxak ifápiitichas sah'áhup kunturar astiip.
    Then two girls went to the river to get driftwood."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. kári xás pihnêefich yúras uthívruuhramnihanik kúkuum, yuras'ástiip xás uthivrúuhripaanik.
    Then Coyote floated down river again, he floated down out by the ocean.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. yánava káan áxak avansáxiichas kun'íipithvutih, yúras'astiip.
    Behold two boys were walking around, by the shore.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  6. astíip vúr u'íifti yúxnaam.
    It grows by the river in the sand.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Downslope and Upslope Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.4) | read full text
  7. xás astíip uvîish.
    So he went down to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. xás uxus, " vúra puna'ísheeshara astíipich."
    And he thought, "I won't drink right by the bank."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. yánava yúruk ifápiitsha kuntákiriti astiip.
    He saw young women leaching on the bank downriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. xás upiip, " astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi, astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi.
    And he said, "Let me float to the bank, let me float to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. xás vúrava káan utháaniv astiip.
    And he lay there on the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  12. kúna vúra pu'astíipich na'ísheeshara.
    But I won't drink by the bank.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. chavúra kúkuum vaa káan umáh asiktávaansa astiip, áhup kunikyáavanaatih.
    Finally he saw women there on the bank again, they were gathering wood.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. xás too mah, astíip sah'áhup kunikyáavunaatih.
    And he saw, they were gathering driftwood on the shore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  15. xás xanchíifich píshiip astíip ukrîish.
    And Frog sat down in first place, on the river bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  16. xás upêer pa'avansáxiich " imáankam sáruk astíip pamíchaas xákaan ík kuyâarameesh ikxúrar.
    And she told the boy, "Tomorrow evening you and your younger brother must go down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  17. xás sáruk astíip kúuk ukvíripma.
    And she ran down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  18. púyava sáruk astíip tá kunivyíhish.
    So they went down to the river bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The White Man's Gifts" (WB_KL-65) | read full text
  19. xás sáruk tutákir astiip.
    And they leached them, downhill on the river bank.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "Indian Food" (WB_KL-68) | read full text