Ararahih'urípih
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ikyívuraa to be propelled up (into the air)

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lexicon ID #2381 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyívuraa • V • to be propelled up (into the air)

Literally: 'fall-up'

Derivation:  ikyiv-uraa
fall-up

Source: WB 560.2, p.343

  • xás âanaxus úskaaksur, pihnîich á' ukyívuraa. Then Weasel jumped off (the teeter-totter), (and) the old man flew up into the air. [Reference: WB T20.51]

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  1. xás   âanaxus   ú-skaaksur   pihnîich   á'   u-kyívuraa  
    then   weasel   3s(>3)-jump.off   old.man   above   3s(>3)-be.propelled.up  
    (But Weasel forced the old man to get on.) Then Weasel jumped off, (and) the old man flew up into the air.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text