Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúhish / thivrúhishrih- to float ashore

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5968 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúhish / thivrúhishrih- • V • to float ashore

Derivation:  thivruh-ish
float-down

Note: Idiom: peekxúrar púvaxay uthivrúhish 'evening hadn't descended yet' (WB T53.25).

  • ichámahich vúra pakunthivrúhishrihat. They floated ashore one at a time. [Reference: KV]
  • pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish. When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 119]

Sentence examples (7)


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  1. pa-'úuth   kun-pí-paathkar   thúfip   xás   u-thivrúhish  
    NOMZ-out.to.water   3pl(>3s)-ITER-throw.into.river   placename   then   3s(>3)-float.ashore  
    When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. káan   xás   u-thivrúhish  
    there   then   3s(>3)-float.ashore  
    He floated to shore there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. víri   p-oo-tníshuk   víri   uumyâach   kun-ip-thivrúhish   úuth   yúrastiim  
    so   NOMZ-3s(>3)-peek   so   just.barely   3pl(>3s)-ITER-float.ashore   out.to.water   seashore  
    When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. xás   yurástiim   u-thivrúhish  
    then   seashore   3s(>3)-float.ashore  
    And he floated ashore on the seashore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás   p-éekxurar   u-thivrúhish  
    then   NOMZ-evening   3s(>3)-float.ashore  
    And in the evening he floated to shore.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  6. kúkuum   vúra   imáan   p-éekxurar   u-thivrúhish  
    again   Intensive   tomorrow   NOMZ-evening   3s(>3)-float.ashore  
    Again the next day he floated to shore in the evening.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  7. p-eekxúrar   púva-xay   thivrúhish   koovúra   axupa-'ithvu-tih-ar-a-múrax  
    the-evening   not.yet-not   float.ashore   all   dressed.deermeat-pack-DUR-INST-DEVERB-nothing.but  
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text