Ararahih'urípih
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itvárayva / itváayvu- to look around

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lexicon ID #3434 | revised Feb 22 2015

itvárayva / itváayvu- • V • to look around

Derivation:  it-várayva
look-here.and.there

Note: Cf. turáayva 'to look around'.

  • xás sú' póo'uum, pootvárayva, pamukun'ikrívkir koovúra athkuritmúrax vúra. And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 127]

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  1. xás   sú'   p-óo-'uum   p-oo-tvárayva   pa-mukun-'ikrívkir   koovúra   athkurit-múrax   vúra  
    then   inside   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-3s(>3)-look.around   the-3plPOSS-disk-seat   all   fat-nothing.but   Intensive  
    And when he got inside and looked around, (the people's) seats were all of nothing but fat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text