Ararahih'urípih
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írunaa (pl.) to go, walk, travel

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2924 | revised Jan 22 2015

írunaa • V • (pl.) to go, walk, travel

Derivation:  iru-naa
PL come

  • vaa ík vúra ku'írunaatiheesh. You folks must be traveling. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 243]
  • vaa takunpírunaa ikurâak. They're starting up the ridge. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 009]
  • xás koovúra peekvípaansa vaa kunkupa'írunaa. And all the runners went on that way (i.e., at intervals). [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 019]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. pa-hûutva   kóo   yaas'ára   u-'íin-ahaak   vaa   vúra   kóo   itíhan   kum-éekxaram   nani-túnviiv   vaa   pay'ôok   kun-'írunaa-tih-eesh  
    NOMZ-somehow   as.much.as   rich.person   3s(>3)-exist-when   so   Intensive   as.much.as   always   3sPOSS-night   1sPOSS-children   so   right.here   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR-FUT  
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kári   xas   kun-piip   chími   nu-'írunaa   pay   uum   vúra   pihnîichich  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   soon   1pl(>3)-go.(pl.)   this   3.SG   Intensive   old.man  
    Then they said: "Let's travel; it is some old man."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. xás   mâam-vanih-ich   tá   kun-'írunaa  
    then   uphill-toward-DIM   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)  
    Then they traveled up slope a little ways.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. ikxúrar   t-óo   kxánamh-ach   púyava   tá   kun-vítvarak-va   páah-ak   sú'   tá   kun-'írunaa  
    evening   PERF-3s(>3)   be.night-DIM.(verbs)   you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-paddle.down.from.upriver-PL.ACT   boat-Locative   inside   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)  
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  5. xás   koovúra   p-eekvípaan-sa   vaa   kun-kupa-'írunaa  
    then   all   the-runner-PL   so   3pl(>3s)-MODAL-go.(pl.)  
    And all the runners went on that way (i.e., at intervals).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  6. xás   kun-piip   vaa   vúra   kun-'írunaa-tih-eesh   pa-tur  
    then   3pl(>3s)-say   so   Intensive   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR-FUT   the-packbasket.load  
    And then they said, "The basket-loads will walk (home by themselves)."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  7. xás   pa-'áraar   p-oo-'îin-hi-ti   víri-va   mu-súrukam   kun-'írunaa-tih  
    then   the-human   NOMZ-3s(>3)-falls-DENOM-DUR   so-so   3sPOSS-under   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-DUR  
    And the people traveled behind where the falls were.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  8. kári   xás   kun-piip   hûut   nu-kupa-'írunaa-vish  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-say   how   1pl(>3)-MODAL-go.(pl.)-FUT  
    And they said, "How shall we go?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  9. ta'ítam   vaa   kun-'irunaa-kír-aheen  
    so   that   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-Instrumental-ANT  
    So they went up on it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text