Ararahih'urípih
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ipkaar / ipkaara- to go back across

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2769 | revised Jan 28 2015

ipkaar / ipkaara- • V • to go back across

Derivation:  ip-kar
ITER-into.water

Derivative (1)
ipkáar "loop"

Note: Cf. irúkaar '(pl.) to go across'.

  • kúkuum vúra úpkaar. He came back acrossriver. [Reference: WB 57.16]
  • púyava panipkáarahaak payêem, ... So when I go back acrossriver now, ... [Reference: WB T91. A Blow-out 005]

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  1. xás   ú-pkaar  
    then   3s(>3)-go.back.across  
    So he came back across.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  2. kúkuum   vúra   ú-pkaar  
    again   Intensive   3s(>3)-go.back.across  
    He came back across.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text