Ararahih'urípih
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puraan each other

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5101 | revised Aug 01 2005

puraan • PRON • each other

Derivative (1)
puraanmásva "by turns, taking turns"

Source: WB 1178, p.376

  • puráan kuntákaamti, puráan kunipêenti ... They were laughing at each other, they were saying to each other ... [Reference: KS38. Mice story 010]
  • puráan kích kunpímuusti. They were just looking at each other. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 024]

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  1. xás   púraan   tá   kun-'êe   pa-'áhup   kun-íkshaah-tih   "if   yâamachich   pa-'áhup  
    then   each.other   PERF   3pl(>3s)-give   the-wood   3pl(>3s)-laugh-DUR   "truly   pretty.(dimin.)   the-wood  
    They handed the wood to each other, they were laughing: "What nice wood!"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. xás   puráan   kun-pímuustih   pa-'ifápiit-ich-as  
    then   each.other   3pl(>3s)-look.at.again   the-young.unmarried.woman-DIM-PL  
    Then they looked at each other, those young girls did.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. xás   pa-puráan   kun-pímuustih  
    then   NOMZ-each.other   3pl(>3s)-look.at.again  
    They they looked at each other.
    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. xás   kun-piip   puraanmásva   nú-muustih  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   by.turns   1pl(>3)-look.at  
    And they said, "Let's watch her by turns."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. káruma   ôok   ithivthanéen-'aachip   xasík   xákaan   puráan   kun-ipmáh-eesh  
    in.fact   here   land-middle   then.(future)   both   each.other   3pl(>3s)-see.again-FUT  
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  6. p-eekxuraráhaan   pa-mu-keechíkyav   puráan   tá   kun-íkfuukiraa  
    the-evening.star   the-3sPOSS-sweetheart   each.other   PERF   3pl(>3s)-grab  
    Evening Star and his sweetheart (finally) clasped one another.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  7. asiktávaan   mu-keechíkyav   xákaan   vúra   puxích   puráan   tá   kun-tápkuupu-tih  
    woman   3sPOSS-sweetheart   both   Intensive   very.much   each.other   PERF   3pl(>3s)-like-DUR  
    A woman and her sweetheart loved each other very much.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  8. púya-va   xás   puráan   tá   kun-'ífukiraa   xás   tá   kun-vúunva  
    and.so-so   then   each.other   PERF   3pl(>3s)-grab.(pl.)   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-wrestle  
    Then they grabbed each other, and they wrestled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text