Ararahih'urípih
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itfak / itfáku- to look away downhill

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lexicon ID #3215 | revised Feb 09 2015

itfak / itfáku- • V • to look away downhill

Derivation:  it-fak
look-from.uphill

  • víri pasáruk utfákuti, ii! yánava nani'îin tupihyaakavrínaheen. And when he looks downhillward, "Oh!" he sees it, "She has turned over my dam." [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 242-3]
  • xás pasáruk nipitfákuti, víri kúna sú' upárihkaa pihneefích'anamahach. And when I looked back downhill, another coyote pup ran back inside. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 021]

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  1. xas   pa-sáruk   ni-p-itfáku-tih   víri   kúna   su   u-p-árihkaa   pihneefích'anamahich  
    then   NOMZ-downhill   1s(>3)-ITER-look.away.downhill-DUR   so   in.addition   inside   3s(>3)-ITER-run.inside   coyote.pup  
    I looked back just in time to see a coyote pup running back into the log.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. sáruk   t-óo   tfáku-tih  
    downhill   PERF-3s(>3)   look.away.downhill-DUR  
    He looked downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   sáruk   t-óo   tfáku-tih  
    then   then   downhill   PERF-3s(>3)   look.away.downhill-DUR  
    And he looked away downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. sáruk   u-tfáku-tih   yánava   paa-xvâahar   kári   vâaram-as   u-vêehriv  
    downhill   3s(>3)-look.away.downhill-DUR   visible   the-ptich-wood   then   long-PL   3s(>3)-stand.(things)  
    She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. sâam   kun-itfáku-tih  
    little.downhill   3pl(>3s)-look.away.downhill-DUR  
    They looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. chavúra   teepshítaanivanihich   axmáy   vaa   u-kúupha   sâam   u-tfáku-tih  
    finally   after.a.while   suddenly   so   3s(>3)-do   little.downhill   3s(>3)-look.away.downhill-DUR  
    Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text