Ararahih'urípih
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sínmoo to be absent

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5414 | revised Jul 01 2015

sínmoo • V • to be absent

Derivation:  sir-ma-va
disappear-to-PL.ACT

Derivative (1)
sinmôovishar "to be absent a long time"

Source: WB 1234.3, p.379

  • uum vúra vaa kári u'aapúnmanik xára nishinmôovish. He knew that he was going to stay a long time. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 101]

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  1. vúra   xára   t-u-sínmoo  
    Intensive   long.time   PERF-3s(>3)-be.absent  
    He was away for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   uum   vúra   hári-va-heesh   á'iknêechhan   hôoyva   t-u-vâaram   sinmôovishar  
    then   then   3.SG   Intensive   sometime-INDEF-FUT   falcon   somewhere   PERF-3s(>3)-go   absent.a.long.time  
    So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  3. chavúra   xára   u-sínmoo  
    finally   long.time   3s(>3)-be.absent  
    Finally he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. xás   xára-hirurav   u-sínmoo   kusrípan  
    then   long.time-too   3s(>3)-be.absent   madrone.tree  
    But Madrone stayed away too long.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  5. itha-hárinay   t-u-sínmoo  
    one-year   PERF-3s(>3)-be.absent  
    He was gone for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text