Ararahih'urípih
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-iroopith around

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2919 | revised Nov 14 2014

-iroopith • SUFF • around

Derivation:  iroo-pith
iroo-here.and.there?

Derivatives (2)
ipvapiróopithva "to go around"
víkiroopithva "to weave one course around (in basketry)"

Note: only appears before -va "Plural Action" in words which contain ip- "Iterative" (WB G753.11)

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  1. páy   p-eethívthaaneen   thaanêen   ni-p-thivrúh-iroopith-vu-tih  
    this   the-land   around   1s(>3)-ITER-float-around-PL.ACT-DUR  
    I float around and around this world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  2. káan   ník   kun-p-ihmár-iroopith-va   páy nanu'ávahkam  
    there   a.little   3pl(>3s)-ITER-run.(pl.)-around-PL.ACT   sky  
    They ran around there in the sky.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text