Ararahih'urípih
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vúrayva / vúrayvu- to go around; to wander

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6683 | revised Jan 22 2016

vúrayva / vúrayvu- • V • to go around; to wander

Derivation:  va-várayva
go-here.and.there

Derivatives (4)
ikxaramvuráyvaan "evil sorcerer; "Indian devil""
ipvúrayva "to be back on one's feet"
vunáyviichva "to wander idly"
vúrayvikeethun "to walk around"

Source: WB 1513.15, p.393

  • tuyshípreek uvúrayvuti. He's wandering around in the hills. [Reference: KV]
  • víri ûum vúra panivúrayvuti. I can hardly get around. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 021]

Sentence examples (16)

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  1. kári   xás   t-óo   pvúrayva   miník   t-u-'aráriihkanha  
    then   then   PERF-3s(>3)   be.back.on.feet   of.course   PERF-3s(>3)-get.well  
    Now he was up and around, he was getting well nicely.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Bluejay, Medicine-Man" (DAF_KT_03) | read full text

  2. xás   ú-ppeer-anik   achvúun   îin   kun-íppeer-anik   xáy faat   ík   vúra   ôok   i-páfyuk   iim   vúra   pu-'ôok   vúrayvu-tih-eesh-ara  
    then   3s(>3)-say.to-ANC   hookbill.salmon   TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-say.to-ANC   don't!   must   Intensive   here   2s(>3)-come.around.again   2sg.   Intensive   NEG-here   go.around-DUR-FUT-NEG  
    And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here."
    Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full text

  3. víri   ûum   vúra   pa-ni-vúrayvu-tih  
    so   barely   Intensive   NOMZ-1s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    I can hardly get around.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
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  4. káan   t-u-vúrayvikeethun  
    there   PERF-3s(>3)-walk.around  
    (Coyote) walked around there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. xás   u-xú-ti   eee   naa   ni-p-êesh   pihnêefich   ôok   u-vúrayvu-tih-een  
    then   3s(>3)-think-DUR   oh!   1sg.   1s(>3)-say-FUT   coyote   here   3s(>3)-go.around-DUR-ANT  
    And he thought, "Ah, I'll bet Coyote has been around here!
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. káan   vúra   u-vúrayvikeethun  
    there   Intensive   3s(>3)-walk.around  
    He walked around there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   kun-píip   naa   ni-xú-ti   pihnêefich   ôokninay   u-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   coyote   around.here   3s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. yánava   pá-xaath   vaa   vúra   u-kupa-'íshipithun-ahi-ti   p-oo-kupa-vúrayv-ahi-tih-een  
    visible   the-grasshopper   so   Intensive   3s(>3)-MODAL-run.like.string-Modal-DUR   NOMZ-3s(>3)-MODAL-go.around-Modal-DUR-ANT  
    He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. kári   xás   kun-patánvish   fâat   kumá'ii   i-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-ask.question   what   because.of   2s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And they asked him, "Why are you wandering around?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  10. xás   u-xús   tîi   káan   kan-vunáyviichv-an  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   there   1s(>3)-wander.idly-go.to  
    And he thought, "Let me go look around there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  11. hûutva   kóo   yaas'ára   u-'íin-ahaak   víri   yaas'ararée-thvaaykam   ni-vúrayvu-tih-eesh  
    somehow   as.much.as   rich.person   3s(>3)-exist-when   so   rich.person-front   1s(>3)-go.around-DUR-FUT  
    As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  12. víri   vaa   yaas'ararée-thvaaykam   u-vúrayvu-tih-eesh  
    so   so   rich.person-front   3s(>3)-go.around-DUR-FUT  
    They will be around in front of rich people.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text

  13. kusrípan   uum   vúra   itíhaan   u-vunayvîichvu-tih  
    madrone.tree   3.SG   Intensive   always   3s(>3)-wander.idly-DUR  
    Madrone was always wandering around idly.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  14. kári   xás   kun-ipéer   mâa   kâam   vuhvúha   u-kyáa-ti   pa-kúth   i-vúrayvu-tih  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say.to   look!   little.upriver   deerskin.dance   3s(>3)-make-DUR   NOMZ-because.of   2s(>3)-go.around-DUR  
    And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  15. kun-ipí-ti   uum   pu-piykár-eesh-ap   pa-káan   asiktávaan   u-vúrayvu-ti-haak  
    3pl(>3s)-say-DUR   3.SG   NEG-slaughter-FUT-NEG   NOMZ-there   woman   3s(>3)-go.around-DUR-when  
    People said they wouldn't catch (anything) if a woman was around there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text

  16. asiktávaan   uum   pu-káan   vúrayvu-tih-ara   pee-mvír-ak  
    woman   3.SG   NEG-there   go.around-DUR-NEG   the-fishery-Locative  
    A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text