Ararahih'urípih
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-varak down from upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6435 | revised Aug 24 2005

-varak • SUFF • down from upriver

Derivatives (25; show derivatives)

Source: WB G753.33

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  1. kúkuum   vúra   imáan   tá   kun-ívyiih-varak  
    again   Intensive   tomorrow   PERF   3pl(>3s)-go.(pl.)-down.from.upriver  
    Again the next day they came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. kári   xás   vaa   káan   xás   u-tníshuk-va   tée   p   u-'aramsîiprih-varak  
    then   then   so   there   then   3s(>3)-peek-PL.ACT   PERF   PAST   3s(>3)-start.out-down.from.upriver  
    And when he looked out there, he had already come down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  3. víri   kúna   ku-kâam   t-óo   kvírip-varak  
    so   in.addition   3sPOSS-little.upriver   PERF-3s(>3)   run-down.from.upriver  
    (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  4. xás   vúra   mah'íitnihach   pishíich   u-'imkatáxrah-varak  
    then   Intensive   early.morning   first   3s(>3)-be.bright-down.from.upriver  
    And (when she looked) the light was first coming down from upriver, early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text