Ararahih'urípih
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-rup / -rupu- away downriverward

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5193 | revised Oct 31 2014

-rup / -rupu- • SUFF • away downriverward

Derivatives (35; show derivatives)

  • xás yûum ukvíriprup. Then he (Coyote) ran downriverwards (towards Lizard's house). [Reference: KS 9. Lizard and Grizzly 077]

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  1. xás   yúruk   kun-ithvírip-rup  
    then   downriver   3pl(>3s)-(two).run-away.downriverward  
    And they ran downriverward.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  2. yánava   yúruk   tá   kun-ithvírip-rup-aheen  
    visible   downriver   PERF   3pl(>3s)-(two).run-away.downriverward-ANT  
    She saw that they had run downriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. u-pípas-rup   pa-mu-'aramah  
    3s(>3)-take.(person).home-away.downriverward   the-3sPOSS-child  
    He took his child back home.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  4. yúruk   tá   kun-'áchak-rup   pa-tá   kun-vítrup-oo  
    downriver   PERF   3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-away.downriverward   NOMZ-PERF   3pl(>3s)-paddle.downstream.from.here-PL.ACT  
    They rowed downriver in a bunch, when they rowed downriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. vúrava   kun-'áchak-rupu-tih   pa-mukún-paah  
    just   3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-away.downriverward-DUR   the-3plPOSS-boat  
    Their boats were floating in a bunch like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text