Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúuhvarak to float down from upriver

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lexicon ID #5984 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúuhvarak • V • to float down from upriver

Derivation:  thivruh-varak
float-down.from.upriver

  • chavúra tayíiv toopthívruuhvarak. Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 083]

Sentence examples (13)


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  1. hínupa   vúra   uum   vaa   t-óo   p-thívruhvarak  
    surprise   Intensive   3.SG   so   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    He floated down the river.
    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   tá   yiiv   t-óo   p-thívruhvarak  
    finally   PERF   far   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    He floated a long ways down.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. chavúra   tá   yíiv   t-óo   p-thívruuhvarak  
    finally   PERF   far   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. chavúra   ôok   ithivthaanéen-'aachip   t-óo   p-thívruuhvarak  
    finally   here   land-middle   PERF-3s(>3)   ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. kári   xás   u-thívruuhvarak  
    then   then   3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver  
    And he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam   u-p-thívruuhvarak  
    so   3s(>3)-ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    So he floated back down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás   yítha   u-píip   ooo   yáxa   kóo   ahup-yâamach   t-u-thívruuhvarak  
    then   one   3s(>3)-say   oh!   look!   so.much   wood-pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver  
    And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás   u-thívruuhvarak  
    then   3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver  
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. púyava   tá   kun-mah   pa-'ahup-yâamach   t-u-thívruuhvarak  
    you.see   PERF   3pl(>3s)-see   the-wood-pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver  
    Then they saw it, the pretty stick floating down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás   tá   kun-píip   yáxa   pa-'ahup-yâamach   t-u-thívruuhvarak  
    then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-say   look!   the-wood-pretty   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver  
    And they said, "Look at the pretty stick floating down!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás   vúra   t-u-thívruuhvarak  
    then   Intensive   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver  
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. kári   xás   u-p-thívruuhvarak  
    then   then   3s(>3)-ITER-float.down.from.upriver  
    So he floated back down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  13. kári   xás   kun-mah   t-u-thívruuhvarak   pa-'ahup-yâamach  
    then   then   3pl(>3s)-see   PERF-3s(>3)-float.down.from.upriver   the-wood-pretty  
    And they saw it, the pretty stick floated down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text