Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúuhruprav to float out through

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5980 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúuhruprav • V • to float out through

Derivation:  thivruh-rúprav
float-out.through

  • hôoy kích toopthívruuhruprav. She wondered where it had floated out (through a tunnel, into the river). [Reference: WB T59.7]

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  1. káan   xás   mah'íitnihach   u-papivan-kôo-ti   pa-mu-sárum   ishkêesh-ak   hôoy   kích   t-óo   p-thívruuhruprav  
    there   then   early.morning   3s(>3)-go.search.for-to-DUR   the-3sPOSS-Jeffrey.pine.root   river-Locative   where   only   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.out.through  
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text