Ararahih'urípih
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ithyáruk across, esp. across-river

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lexicon ID #3343 | revised Apr 21 2015

ithyáruk ADV • across, esp. across-river

Derivatives (7)
ithyárukha "to cross (water), to go across-river"
ithyarukiráastiip "the opposite shore"
ithyárukirakam "across-stream"
ithyárukiram "the opposite shore"
ithyarukiráviitkir "opposite ridge"
ithyárukirukam "on the other side of the river"
ithyarukpíhriiv "Across-the-Water Widower, a mythical personage"

Source: WB 784.1, p.355

  • xás kúkuum tanipûuvrin, xás ithyáruk tani'íshipkar. Then I turn (the basket) over again, and I run (the pineroot) across. [Reference: TK 111.4]
  • xás ithyáruk kun'irúkar. And they crossed over the river. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 054]


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  1. kun-ípaanik   koovúra   yúruk   ithyáruk   kun-ipkêevishrih-anik  
    3pl(>3s)-say.(ancient)   all   downriver   across   3pl(>3s)-be.transformed-ANC  
    People used to say that they [the Salmon] were all transformed in the land across the sea.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  2. ithyáruk      ni-vâaram  
    across   PERF   1s(>3)-go  
    I'm going across the river.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  3. ithyáruk      -kpuuhkar  
    across   PERF   1s(>3)-swim.across-river  
    I'm swimming across the river.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  4. ithyáruk   pa-púufich      ni-mah  
    across   the-deer   PERF   1s(>3)-see  
    I see a deer across the river.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. ithyáruk      ni-mah   pa-púufich  
    across   PERF   1s(>3)-see   the-deer  
    I see a deer across the river.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. Ithyáruk   xás   u-kûuntakoo   pa-xanchíifich  
    across   then   3s(>3)-sit.(on)   the-frog  
    And across, the frog is sitting down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  7. chavúra   u-máh   yánava   ithyáruk   u-kúripaa-hi-ti   itháriip  
    finally   3s(>3)-see   visible   across   3s(>3)-be.headed.to.shore-ESS-DUR   Douglas.fir  
    Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  8. páah-ak   ú-skaakramnih   xás   ithyáruk   u-víitkar  
    boat-Locative   3s(>3)-jump.into   then   across   3s(>3)-row.across  
    He jumped into a boat, and he paddled across-river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  9. xás   axmáy   ithyáruk   má'   pihnêefich   u-kpêehva   shúuuuuhuuuuu  
    then   suddenly   across   uphill   coyote   3s(>3)-shout   coyote.howl  
    And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  10. xás   ithyáruk   u-chíivship  
    then   across   3s(>3)-surface.(in.water)  
    And he came up on the other side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  11. xás   p-eethyáruk   kun-itkára-ti   axmáy   ú-mkuufha   kufípriik  
    then   NOMZ-across   3pl(>3s)-look.into.river-DUR   suddenly   3s(>3)-give.off.smoke   willow.grove  
    And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  12. kári   xás   axmáy   vúra   pa-'asiktávaan   u-piip   yáxa   ee!   yáxa   ithyáruk  
    then   then   suddenly   Intensive   the-woman   3s(>3)-say   look!   oh!   look!   across  
    Then suddenly one woman said, "Look, oh look across-river!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  13. axmáy   ithyáruk   ú-skaakroov   u-pihnêefhi-tih  
    suddenly   across   3s(>3)-jump.away.upriver   3s(>3)-howl.like.coyote-DUR  
    Suddenly he jumped upriverward across-river, he gave a coyote-howl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  14. hínu páy   uum   ithyáruk   t-óo   kvíriproov   káruma   uum   kun--tih   t-óo   síinvar  
    surprise   3.SG   across   PERF-3s(>3)   run.upriver.from.here   in.fact   3.SG   3pl(>3s)-think-DUR   PERF-3s(>3)   drown  
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  15. p-oo-kfúkuvraa   yánava   ithyáruk   xás   t-u-váruprav   pa-kúusrah  
    NOMZ-3s(>3)-climb.over   visible   across   then   PERF-3s(>3)-come.out   the-sun  
    When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text
  16. ithyáruk   kúna   ú-p-viitroov-eesh   u-thívruuhroov-eesh   káru   káruk   u-vuunôov-ahi-ti   pa-'íshaha  
    across   in.addition   3s(>3)-ITER-paddle.upstream.from.here-FUT   3s(>3)-float.upriver-FUT   also   upriver   3s(>3)-flow.upstream.from.here-ESS-DUR   the-water  
    They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  17. ithyáruk   p-oo-tkára-tih   yánava   pa-vuhvúha   t-u-'íship-va   u-thítiim-ti   pa-kun-íhyiiv-tih  
    across   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.into.river-DUR   visible   the-deerskin.dance   PERF-3s(>3)-be.in.line-PL.ACT   3s(>3)-hear-DUR   NOMZ-3pl(>3s)-shout-DUR  
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  18. xás   ithyáruk   kun-itkára-tih  
    then   across   3pl(>3s)-look.into.river-DUR  
    Then they looked across-river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  19. xás   kári   u-píip   pa-naní-pshii   ithyáruk   ni-piivkár-eesh  
    then   then   3s(>3)-say   the-1sPOSS-leg   across   1s(>3)-step.out.over.(water)-FUT  
    And he said, "I'll just put my leg out across-river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  20. ithyáruk   u-'uhyan-ára-hi-tih  
    across   3s(>3)-word-having-DENOM-DUR  
    There was talking across-stream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  21. vúrava   ithyáruk   u-'uhyan-ára-hi-tih  
    just   across   3s(>3)-word-having-DENOM-DUR  
    There was talking across-stream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  22. yúruk   ithyáruk   víri   káan   kun-'íin   pa-mi-hrôoh-as  
    downriver   across   so   there   3pl(>3s)-(two).be   the-2sPOSS-wife-PL  
    Your wives are there on the other side of the ocean.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  23. yúruk   ithyáruk   káan   xás   kun-'iru-várupm-anik  
    downriver   across   there   then   3pl(>3s)-PL-get.downriver.to-ANC  
    They arrived downriver there to the other side of the ocean.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  24. xás   ithâan   kuma-máh'iit   u-xus   ithyáruk   kan-vâaram-i  
    then   once   3sPOSS-morning   3s(>3)-think   across   1s(>3)-go-IMPER  
    And one morning he thought, "Let me go across-river!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  25. xás   u-xus   tîi   ithyáruk   kan-p-imúsan   pa-'ifápiit  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   across   1s(>3)-ITER-go.see   the-young.unmarried.woman  
    He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  26. xás   u-xus   tîi   ithyáruk   patapríha-'ifápiit   kan-imúsan  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   across   placename-young.unmarried.woman   1s(>3)-go.see  
    And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  27. xás   kári   koovúra      kun-páatvu-naa   xás   páah-ak      kun-víitkar   ithyáruk   pa-fatavéenaan  
    then   then   all   PERF   3pl(>3s)-bathe-PL   then   boat-Locative   PERF   3pl(>3s)-row.across   across   the-priest.in.world-renewal  
    And everybody bathed, and they rowed the priest across-river in a boat.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  28. pa-'ápsuun   ithyáruk   kun-íshkaakara-anik   xás   p-aaxíich      kun-'áathva   xás   kun-íhmar  
    the-snake   across   3pl(>3s)-jump.into.water-ANC   then   the-child   PERF   3pl(>3s)-be.afraid   then   3pl(>3s)-run.(pl.)  
    The snakes have jumped across, and the children are afraid, and they ran.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  29. yítha   ithyáruk   ú-ksuupkara-tih  
    one   across   3s(>3)-point.across-DUR  
    One is pointing across-stream.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  30. pa-'ithyáru-kam      pácheech  
    the-across-side   PERF   all.alone  
    The one across-stream is alone by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  31. yée   yáxa   ithyáruk   xás   u-vásip   pa-kúusrah  
    well   look!   across   then   3s(>3)-rise.up   the-sun  
    There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  32. kúkuum   ithyáruk   xás   t-u-váasip   pa-kúusrah  
    again   across   then   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up   the-sun  
    Then the sun rose across from him again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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