Ararahih'urípih
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ikfúukraa to climb up from downhill

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lexicon ID #1786 | revised Nov 05 2014

ikfúukraa • V • to climb up from downhill

Derivation:  ikfuk-raa
climb-here

  • xás máruk níkfuukraa, chavúra máruk ípan nikfúkuvraa. And then I climbed uphill, and finally I climbed over the hill top. [Reference: DF 07: A Hunting Story 017]
  • xás máruk níkfuukraa, káan xás taskaraxára nivúpaksip. And I climbed uphill, and I cut a long pole there. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 020]

Sentence examples (11)


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  1. 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

  2. xás   ú-kfuukraa-nik   ikurâa-k  
    then   3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill-ANC   ridge.heading.upward-Locative  
    Then he climbed up slope.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. xás   uum   vúra   váa   p-óo-kfuukraa-nik   pirishkâarim   u-párihishrih-anik  
    then   3.SG   Intensive   so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill-ANC   grizzly   3s(>3)-be.transformed-ANC  
    And when he climbed up slope he was metamorphosed into the grizzly bear.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. âanxus   u-p-íkfuukraa  
    weasel   3s(>3)-ITER-climb.up.from.downhill  
    Weasel climbed back uphill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  5. káru   kaanvári   tá   ní-kfuukraa  
    also   in.that.direction   PERF   1s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill  
    And I climb up there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  6. xurishaxara'ifápiit pamúkuraa   kaanvári   tá   ní-kfuukraa  
    placename   in.that.direction   PERF   1s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill  
    I climb up there on the Ridge of Long Acorn-Meats Young-Woman.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   p-oo-vâaram   mâam-vanih-ich   t-óo   kfuukra  
    then   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go   uphill-toward-DIM   PERF-3s(>3)   climb.up.from.downhill  
    So when he went, he climbed a little ways uphill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Wrestling Medicine" (WB_KL-55) | read full text

  8. xás   máruk   ú-kfuukraa  
    then   uphill   3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill  
    Then he climbed uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  9. xás   máruk   ú-kfuukraa  
    then   uphill   3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill  
    And he climbed uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  10. xás   ú-kfuukraa  
    then   3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill  
    And he climbed uphill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  11. táma   u-kfuukrâa-heen  
    then   3s(>3)-climb.up.from.downhill-ANT  
    Then he went up the hill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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