Ararahih'urípih
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várak to come down from upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6436 | revised Apr 26 2005

várak • V • to come down from upriver

Derivative (1)
ipvárakirak "on the way back downriver"

Source: WB 1523, p.393

  • chavúra pâanpay káruk áxak kun'iruvárakanik ifápiitichas. Finally, after a while, two girls came down from upriver. [Reference: TK 264.10]

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  1. xás   ikxúrar   xás   káh'ir   t-u-várak  
    then   evening   then   upriver.world-renewal   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down  
    And in the evening they did the war dance.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-82) | read full text

  2. káru   káh'ir   t-u-várak  
    also   upriver.world-renewal   PERF-3s(>3)-come.down  
    And they did the war dance.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text

  3. xás   ipvárakirak   pa-nini-'ahtákni   pa-mu-yukúku   íp   u-mátnuus-at  
    then   on.the.way.back.downriver   the-1sPOSS-car   the-3sPOSS-shoe(s)   PAST   3s(>3)-burst-PAST  
    And on the way back down from upriver, my tire burst.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text