Ararahih'urípih
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iktáatroov / iktáatroovu- to push upstream from here

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lexicon ID #2106 | revised Dec 03 2014

iktáatroov / iktáatroovu- • V • to push upstream from here

Derivation:  iktat-roov
hold.up-upriverward.from.here

Source: WB 512.2, p.340

  • vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovuti, káruk uvítroovuti. Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 009]

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  1. vaa   uum   vúra   káan   ifmaará-piit   kam-íktaatroovu-tih   káruk   u-vítroovu-tih  
    so   3.SG   Intensive   there   married.man-new   3s(>3)-push.upstream.from.here-DUR   upriver   3s(>3)-paddle.upstream.from.here-DUR  
    Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text