Ararahih'urípih
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ikvíripunih to run away downhill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2214 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvíripunih • V • to run away downhill

Derivation:  ikvip-unih
run-down

Source: KV

  • chimaxmáy máruk ikxaréeyav ukvíripunih. Upslope he saw an ikxaréeyav come running down. [Reference: TK 258.33]
  • sáruk ukvíripunih. She ran down toward the river. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 040]

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. káan   xás   u-'árihship   sáruk   u-kvíripunih  
    there   then   3s(>3)-jump.up   downhill   3s(>3)-run.away.downhill  
    There he jumped up and he ran down the hill.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. yíthukam   yánava   sáruk   t-u-kvíripuni-heen  
    on.other.side   visible   downhill   PERF-3s(>3)-run.away.downhill-ANT  
    I saw that he had run downhill on the other side.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   ni-kvíripunih  
    then   then   1s(>3)-run.away.downhill  
    Then I ran down.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. Xás   t-óo   kvíripunih   káan  
    then   PERF-3s(>3)   run.away.downhill   there  
    And they're running down there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  5. kári   xás   ápap-kam   u-kvíripunih  
    then   then   one.side-side   3s(>3)-run.away.downhill  
    Then he ran down the other side.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. kári   xás   sâam   u-kvíripunih  
    then   then   little.downhill   3s(>3)-run.away.downhill  
    And he ran downhill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. u-p-ikvíripunih  
    3s(>3)-ITER-run.away.downhill  
    He ran back downhill.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text