Ararahih'urípih
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páramsip / páramsipriv- to start going back

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lexicon ID #4560 | revised Oct 31 2014

páramsip / páramsipriv- V • to start going back

  • uum vúra vaa káan uparamsîipreenik. He had started out from there anciently. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 292]


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  1. víri   xáat   ithivthaneen-'ípan   t-i-'íipma   vaa   káan   i-paramsíipree-vish  
    so   may   land-end   PERF-2s(>3)-return   so   there   2s(>3)-start.going.back-FUT  
    You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  2. vaa   vúra   káan   u-paramsíipree-vish   xáat   káru   ithivthaneen-'ípan   t-u-'íipma  
    so   Intensive   there   3s(>3)-start.going.back-FUT   may   also   land-end   PERF-3s(>3)-return  
    He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text