Ararahih'urípih
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íruvoo to turn to

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2933 | revised Aug 07 2015

íruvoo • V • to turn to

Source: WB 687, p.349

Note: Bound stem; occurs only in idiom xúus u'íruvooti 'he's thinking about it'.

  • pananítaat xuus ni'íruvooti. I'm thinking of my mother. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. chavúra   itahar-éekxaram   tá   pu-'ikviit-hí-tih-ara   pá-xuus   u-'íruvoo-ti   pa-mu-hrôoh-as  
    finally   ten-night   PERF   NEG-sleep-DUR-NEG   NOMZ-thought   3s(>3)-turn.to-DUR   the-3sPOSS-wife-PL  
    Finally he didn't sleep for ten nights, as he thought about his wives.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  2. vúra   kích   u-kupi-tih   xuus   u-'íruvoo-ti  
    Intensive   only   3s(>3)-do-DUR   thought   3s(>3)-turn.to-DUR  
    He did only (this), he thought about them.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text