Ararahih'urípih
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ikfúkuvraa to climb over

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1781 | revised Nov 05 2014

ikfúkuvraa • V • to climb over

Derivation:  ikfuk-vraa
climb-over

Source: WB files

  • víri poopikfúkuvraa, víri xánahich vúra uhyárih. So, when he climbs over (the top of Etna Mountain), he just stands there a while. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 233]
  • pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah. When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge). [Reference: WB 12: Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun 005]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. viri   kúna   vúra   ithyárukirukam   kuma-vîitkir   chími   u-kfúkuvra-vish  
    so   in.addition   Intensive   on.other.side.of.river   3sPOSS-ridge   soon   3s(>3)-climb.over-FUT  
    He was about to climb over the ridge on the other side of the creek.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   máruk   ní-kfuukraa   chavúra   máruk   ípan   ni-kfúkuvraa  
    then   then   uphill   1s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill   finally   uphill   end   1s(>3)-climb.over  
    Then I climbed uphill and finally I climbed over the hill top.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. pa-'ávansa   máruk   t-óo   kfúkuraa  
    the-man   uphill   PERF-3s(>3)   climb.over  
    The man went uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  4. naa   káru   máruk   tá   ni-kfúkuraa  
    1sg.   also   uphill   PERF   1s(>3)-climb.over  
    I walked uphill too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  5. xás   vúra   vaa   sáruk   u-kfukúraa  
    then   Intensive   that   downhill   3s(>3)-climb.over  
    And he climbed all the way back up from downhill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  6. yáxa   máruk   t-óo   kfúkuvraa  
    look!   uphill   PERF-3s(>3)   climb.over  
    Look, he climbed up there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  7. p-oo-kfúkuvraa   yánava   ithyáruk   xás   t-u-váruprav   pa-kúusrah  
    NOMZ-3s(>3)-climb.over   visible   across   then   PERF-3s(>3)-come.out   the-sun  
    When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  8. tishravará'iivreer   t-u-p-ikfúkuvraa  
    Etna.Mountain   PERF-3s(>3)-ITER-climb.over  
    He came over Etna Mountain.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  9. chavúra   vaa   káan   úum   máruk   u-kfúkuvraa  
    finally   so   there   3.SG   uphill   3s(>3)-climb.over  
    Then he had gotten there, up on top of the hill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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