Ararahih'urípih
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pápivar / pápivan- to go search for (something)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4545 | revised Oct 31 2014

pápivar / pápivan- • V • to go search for (something)

  • sáruk astíip ník kupápivar. Down-slope at the river edge you (pl.) are going to look. [Reference: KS Crane 079]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. pa-mu-'akah-'îin   kun-pápivar  
    the-3sPOSS-father-TOPIC   3pl(>3s)-go.search.for  
    His father went to look for him.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  2. u-píip   naa   ni-xú-tih   tá   kana-pápivar-uk  
    3s(>3)-say   1sg.   1s(>3)-think-DUR   PERF   3pl>1s-go.search.for-to.here  
    He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  3. káan   xás   mah'íitnihach   u-papivan-kôo-ti   pa-mu-sárum   ishkêesh-ak   hôoy   kích   t-óo   p-thívruuhruprav  
    there   then   early.morning   3s(>3)-go.search.for-to-DUR   the-3sPOSS-Jeffrey.pine.root   river-Locative   where   only   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.out.through  
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. pa-'ára   papivan-kôo-tih-an   kéevniikich  
    the-person   go.search.for-to-DUR-Participial   old.woman.(dimin.)  
    The person who was going to look for him was an old woman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text