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víitrup / víitrupu- to paddle downstream from here
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6540 | revised Jan 21 2016
víitrup / víitrupu- • V • to paddle downstream from here
| Derivation: | vit-rup |
| paddle-away.downriverward |
Source: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 004
- vaa uum vúra payúruk takunvíitrup tuthívruuhrup yúruk. When they traveled downstream by boat, they floated downstream. [Reference: WB 15: Coyote As Lawmaker 004]
- yúruk takun'áchakrup, patakunvítrupoo. They floated downriver in a bunch when they traveled downriver. [Reference: WB T57.34]
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vaa uum vúra pa-yúruk tá kun-víitrup t-u-thívruuhrup yúruk so 3.SG Intensive NOMZ-downriver PERF 3pl(>3s)-paddle.downstream.from.here PERF-3s(>3)-float.downstream.from.here downriver When they traveled downstream by boat, they floated downstream. Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full textyúruk tá kun-'áchak-rup pa-tá kun-vítrup-oo downriver PERF 3pl(>3s)-float.in.bunch-away.downriverward NOMZ-PERF 3pl(>3s)-paddle.downstream.from.here-PL.ACT They rowed downriver in a bunch, when they rowed downriver. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúrava u-víitrup yíiv vúra t-u-víitma just 3s(>3)-paddle.downstream.from.here far Intensive PERF-3s(>3)-paddle.to He paddled downriver like that, he paddled a long ways. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full textvúra vaa u-víitrup Intensive so 3s(>3)-paddle.downstream.from.here He paddled downriver like that. Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text