Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúuhramnih to float into

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5975 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúuhramnih • V • to float into

Derivation:  thivruh-rámnih
float-into

  • hínupa páy uum vúra yúras toopthívruuhramnih. There he floated back into the ocean. [Reference: KT 138.28]
  • chávura yûum kumayúrasak uthívruuhramnih. Finally he floated into the ocean downriver. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 119]

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  1. kári   xás   pihnêefich   yúras   u-thívruuhramnih-anik   kúkuum   yuras-'ástiip   xás   u-thivrúuhripaa-nik  
    then   then   coyote   ocean   3s(>3)-float.into-ANC   again   ocean-shore   then   3s(>3)-float.toward.shore-ANC  
    Then Coyote floated down river again, he floated down out by the ocean.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. chavúra   yûum   kuma-yúras-ak   u-thívruuhramnih  
    finally   uphill.downriver   3sPOSS-ocean-Locative   3s(>3)-float.into  
    Finally he floated into the ocean downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text