Ararahih'urípih
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itkar / itkára- to look into the river; to look across-river

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3390 | revised Aug 18 2015

itkar / itkára- • N • to look into the river; to look across-river

Derivation:  it-kar
look-into.water

Derivative (1)
itkaratiháyav "man's name, Johnny Pepper"

  • xás peethyáruk kunitkárati axmáy úmkuufha kufípriik. And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-groove. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 062]
  • âanxus sáruk u'uum, úuth utkárati. Weasel went downhill, he looked into the river. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 041]

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  1. xás   úuth   u-tkára-tih  
    then   out.to.water   3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR  
    And he looked out to the water.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   pa-'ifápiit   sáruk   úuth   u-tkára-tih  
    then   then   the-young.unmarried.woman   downhill   out.to.water   3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR  
    And the girl looked downhill into the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás   p-eethyáruk   kun-itkára-ti   axmáy   ú-mkuufha   kufípriik  
    then   NOMZ-across   3pl(>3s)-look.into.river-DUR   suddenly   3s(>3)-give.off.smoke   willow.grove  
    And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  4. ithyáruk   p-oo-tkára-tih   yánava   pa-vuhvúha   t-u-'íship-va   u-thítiim-ti   pa-kun-íhyiiv-tih  
    across   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR   visible   the-deerskin.dance   PERF-3s(>3)-be.in.line-PL.ACT   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-shout-DUR  
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  5. úuth   u-tkára-tih  
    out.to.water   3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR  
    He looked into the river.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. xás   ithyáruk   kun-itkára-tih  
    then   across   3pl(>3s)-look.into.river-DUR  
    Then they looked across-river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  7. xás   pa-'ifápiit   kôoth-kam   u-tkára-tih  
    then   the-young.unmarried.woman   across-river.and.upriver-side   3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR  
    And he saw the girl upriver across-stream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  8. úuth   t-óo   tkára-tih   pee-shkêesh   t-óo   muus-tih  
    out.to.water   PERF-3s(>3)   look.into.river-DUR   the-river   PERF-3s(>3)   look.at-DUR  
    He looked out across the water, he looked at the river.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text