Ararahih'urípih
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árihroov / árihroovu- to go upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #567 | revised Oct 31 2014

árihroov / árihroovu- • V • to go upriver

Derivation:  árih-roov
jump-upriverward.from.here

  • kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvuti, káruk u'árihroonati. Madrone was often wandering around, he often walked upriver. [Reference: WB T35.13]
  • púyava panipkárahaak payêem, káru kúna ni'árihrooveesh, káru kúna ni'árihrooveesh, When I go back acrossriver now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back. [Reference: WB T91. A Blow-out 005]

See -roov 'away upriver'

Sentence examples (35)


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  1. xás   pa-ni-p-vôonupuk-at   xás   kári   káruk   ni-'árihroov  
    then   NOMZ-1s(>3)-ITER-leave.house-PAST   then   then   upriver   1s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And when it had let out, then I went upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  2. kári   xás   u-'árihroov   áan   ithá-'iithva   an-tunvêech   vaa   p-oo-vúpar-eesh   p-eeshpuk  
    then   then   3s(>3)-go.upriver   string   one-packload   string-small.(pl.)   so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-string.beads.with-FUT   the-dentalium.shells  
    And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás   páy   pa-sâam   u-saamvárak-ti   u-'árihroov  
    then   this   NOMZ-little.downhill   3s(>3)-flow.down.from.upriver-DUR   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he went upriver downhill where that flows down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. chavúra   ôok   ithivthanéen'aachip   t-u-'árihroov  
    finally   here   center.of.world   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. kárukvari   t-u-'árihroov  
    upriverward   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    (Coyote) went on upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. xás   u-'árihroov   u-pakurîihvu-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver   3s(>3)-sing.songs-DUR  
    And he went upriver, he was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. xás   vúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    then   Intensive   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. xás   u-'árihroov  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. xás   kári   u-'árihroov  
    then   then   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás   pihnêefich   u-'árihroov  
    then   coyote   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And Coyote traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás   u-'árihroov  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. xás   káruk   u-'árihroov  
    then   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  13. yíiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  14. vúra   vaa   u-'árihroovu-tih  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-go.upriver-DUR  
    He was going upriver that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  15. chí   kan-'árihroov-i  
    soon   1s(>3)-go.upriver-IMPER  
    Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  16. xás   pihnêefich   káruk   u-'árihroov   kahyúras   t-u-vâaram  
    then   coyote   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver   Klamath.Lakes   PERF-3s(>3)-go  
    So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  17. xás   u-'árihroovu-tih  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver-DUR  
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  18. vúra   yíiv   t-u-'árihroov  
    Intensive   far   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He went upriver a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  19. xás   pihnêefich   uum   tá   íp   káruk   u-'árihroov-at  
    then   coyote   3.SG   PERF   PAST   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver-PAST  
    And Coyote went upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  20. pihnêefich   káan   u-'árihroovu-tih  
    coyote   there   3s(>3)-go.upriver-DUR  
    Coyote was going upriver there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  21. pihnêefich   káruk   u-'árihroovu-tih  
    coyote   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver-DUR  
    Coyote was going upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  22. xás   chavúra   yiiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    then   finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  23. púyava   u-p-árihroov  
    you.see   3s(>3)-ITER-go.upriver  
    Then he went on upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  24. káruk   u-'árihroov  
    upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  25. xás   kúkuum   u-'árihroov  
    then   again   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    Then he went upriver again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  26. xás   u-'árihroov  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    Then (Weasel) went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  27. káruk   u-'árihroov  
    upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  28. ithyarukpíhriiv   u-'árihroov   u-xus   tîi   káruk   kan-vâaram-i  
    Across.the.Water.Widower   3s(>3)-go.upriver   3s(>3)-think   let...   upriver   1s(>3)-go-IMPER  
    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  29. xás   kári   chavúra   yíiv   káruk   t-u-'árihroov  
    then   then   finally   far   upriver   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  30. xás   u-'árihroov   ithyarukpíhriiv  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver   Across.the.Water.Widower  
    Then Across-the-Water Widower went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  31. xás   u-'árihroov  
    then   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    And he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  32. chavúra   tá   yíiv   káruk   u-'árihroov  
    finally   PERF   far   upriver   3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  33. xás   p-oo-'árihroov   kích   p-oo-pí-ti   rúup   rúup  
    then   NOMZ-3s(>3)-go.upriver   only   NOMZ-3s(>3)-say-DUR   ?   ?  
    So as he went upriver he was saying nothing but "rúup, rúup."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  34. káruk   yíiv   ikhurôo-k   t-u-'árihroov  
    upriver   far   ridge.running.upriver-LOC   PERF-3s(>3)-go.upriver  
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  35. púyava   pa-ni-pkára-haak   payêem   káruk   kúna   ni-'árihroov-ish   ni-p-takníhar-eesh  
    you.see   NOMZ-1s(>3)-go.back.acrossriver-when   now   upriver   in.addition   1s(>3)-go.upriver-down   1s(>3)-ITER-go.drive-FUT  
    When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text