Ararahih'urípih
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váasip / vaasíprih- to rise up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6402 | revised Oct 31 2014

váasip / vaasíprih- • V • to rise up

  • chími axmáy peemfír súrukam uvaasíprinanik. Pretty soon the heat rose up from under them. (pl. action) [Reference: KS42. Rabbit and Snow 015]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. mâam   pa-t-u-súpaaha   maruk   t-oo   trâa   t-u-vásip  
    uphill   NOMZ-PERF-3s(>3)-become.day   uphill   PERF-3s(>3)   look.upward   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up  
    When day broke, he looked uphill and it was rising uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
    Spoken by Chester Pepper | Download | Play

  2. ku-máam   vúra   hôoy   u-píip   p-oo-'aramsîip   t-u-vásip  
    3sPOSS-uphill   Intensive   where   3s(>3)-say   NOMZ-3s(>3)-start.out   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up  
    He comes from somewhere up in the hills, he said, he comes up from there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  3. yée   yáxa   ithyáruk   xás   u-vásip   pa-kúusrah  
    well   look!   across   then   3s(>3)-rise.up   the-sun  
    There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  4. kúkuum   ithyáruk   xás   t-u-váasip   pa-kúusrah  
    again   across   then   PERF-3s(>3)-rise.up   the-sun  
    Then the sun rose across from him again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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