Ararahih'urípih
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sir to disappear, to be lost

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5428 | revised Jul 01 2015

sir V • to disappear, to be lost Variant: sin.

Derivatives (15; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1234, p.379

  • axaksúpaah tánishir. I was lost for two days. [Reference: KV]
  • xás vúra tóosir pihnêefich. Coyote was just lost. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 121]
  • yánava pananipihneefích'anamahach toopsíraheen, íp pani'iithvútihat. I saw that my little coyote had disappeared, the one that I'd been packing. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 023]


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  1. yánava   pa-nani-pihneefích'anamahich   t-óo   p-sír-heen   íp   pa-ni-'íithvu-tih-at  
    visible   the-1sPOSS-coyote.pup   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-disappear-ANT   PAST   NOMZ-1s(>3)-pack-DUR-PAST  
    And found the little pup I'd been packing had got away already.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text
  2. xás   vúra   t-óo   sir   pihnêefich  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)   disappear   coyote  
    Coyote was just lost.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text