Ararahih'urípih
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kuyûum just downriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4121 | revised Jul 21 2014

kuyûum • ADV • just downriver

Note: Never glottalized.

  • kuyûum amfúfkaam. There's a lot of smoke just downriver. [Reference: WB T90.1]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. pihnêefich   y-óo   kpuuhrup   kuyûum   xás   u-kpúhish  
    coyote   good-3s(>3)   swim.away.downstream   just.downriver   then   3s(>3)-swim.ashore  
    Coyote floated downriver, he swam ashore downriver from them then.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. kuyûum   amkúf-kaam  
    just.downriver   smoke-large  
    There's a big (lot of) smoke just downriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Smoke" (WB_KL-90) | read full text