Ararahih'urípih
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piváxrah to dry up

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lexicon ID #5037 | revised Nov 09 2005

piváxrah • V • to dry up

  • peeshkêesh tupiváxrah. The river is drying up. [Reference: Richardson 1993:5]
  • kári xás poo'úum yánava tupivaxráheen pasaamvároo. And when (Coyote) arrived, he saw that the creek had dried up. [Reference: WB T1.29]

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  1. p-eeshkêesh   t-u-piváxrah  
    the-river   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up  
    The river is drying up.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences from Now You're Speaking Karuk (VS-20a) | read full text
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  2. tá   na-piváxrah  
    PERF   1s-dry.up  
    I am dry.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  3. íim   káru   t-i-piváxrah  
    2sg.   also   PERF-2s(>3)-dry.up  
    You are drying up, too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences: adjectives (VS-28) | read full text
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  4. pa-'ishkêesh   t-u-piváxrah  
    the-river   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up  
    The river has dried up [i.e. it is shallow].
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  5. t-u-piváxrah  
    PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up  
    It has dried up [i.e. it is shallow].
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  6. kári   xás   p-oo-'úum   yánava   t-u-pivaxráh-een   pa-saamvároo  
    then   then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-arrive   visible   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up-ANT   the-creek  
    And when he arrived he saw the creek had dried up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. yánava   t-u-pivaxráh-een  
    visible   PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up-ANT  
    He saw it had dried up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  8. t-u-piváxra   pa-'íshaha  
    PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up   the-water  
    The water had dried up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  9. t-u-pivaxráh-een  
    PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up-ANT  
    It had dried up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. t-u-pivaxráh-een  
    PERF-3s(>3)-dry.up-ANT  
    It had dried up.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text