Ararahih'urípih
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ixrúunha / ixrúunhi- to growl

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lexicon ID #3526 | revised Aug 27 2015

ixrúunha / ixrúunhi- • V • to growl

Derivation:  ixrúun-ha
ixrúun-DENOM

Source: WB 809, p.356

  • páchishiih úxruunhiti. The dog is growling. [Reference: KV]
  • xás chí axmáy úxruunha, xás nixus, pakéevriiksahan xás vúra hôoyvariva. And suddenly (something) growled, and I thought, "The old woman (the mother coyote) is somewhere here." [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 013]

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  1. xas   chí'axmay   u-xrúunha   xas   ni-xús   pa-kéevriikshahan   xas   vúra   hôoyvarihva   vúra  
    then   suddenly   3s(>3)-growl   then   1s(>3)-think   the-old.woman   then   Intensive   somewhere.or.other   Intensive  
    I heard a growl. I thought it must be the mother, but I didn't know where the sound came from.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. yánava   váa   kaan   su   pa-'ú-xruunhi-tih  
    visible   that   there   inside   NOMZ-3s(>3)-growl-DUR  
    And the growling came from inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. súva   su’   kun-íxruunhi-tih  
    listen!   inside   3pl(>3s)-growl-DUR  
    I could hear them growling.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  4. kári   xas   kári-varih   sú'   kun-íxruunhi-tih  
    then   then   then-toward   inside   3pl(>3s)-growl-DUR  
    The rest were growling inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  5. vírusur   uum   taay   p-oo-xrúunha-tih  
    bear   3.SG   much   NOMZ-3s(>3)-growl-DUR  
    The bear is growling a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. xás   káruk   t-u-thítiim-noov   p-óo-xruunhi-tih  
    then   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-hear-upriverward.from.here   NOMZ-3s(>3)-growl-DUR  
    Then he heard her growling from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text