Ararahih'urípih
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ikmárihivrik to meet (someone) coming

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1833 | revised Oct 26 2014

ikmárihivrik • V • to meet (someone) coming

Derivation:  ikmar-ihi-vrik
meet-Benefactive-in.response.to.motion

Source: WB 460.3, p.338

  • uum vúra pa'ávansa ukmárihivrikahaak ... Whenever he meets a man ... [Reference: TK 207.21]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. kári   xás   káan   áraar   t-óo   kmárihivrik  
    then   then   there   human   PERF-3s(>3)   meet  
    Then he met a man coming there.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. xás   káan   ni-kmárihivrik   pihnîich   wagon   áxak   pa-donkey   kun-ithyúru-ti  
    then   there   1s(>3)-meet   old.man   wagon   two   the-donkey   3pl(>3s)-drag-DUR  
    And I met him, an old man, two donkeys were pulling a wagon.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  3. túus   máruk   xás   t-óo   mah   káan   t-óo   kmárihivrik  
    mockingbird   uphill   then   PERF-3s(>3)   see   there   PERF-3s(>3)   meet  
    He saw Mockingbird uphill, he went to meet him there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Mockingbird and Swamp Robin" (WB_KL-43) | read full text