Ararahih'urípih
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vôoruraa to crawl up, to climb up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6625 | revised Nov 19 2015

vôoruraa • V • to crawl up, to climb up

Derivation:  vôor-uraa
creep-up

Source: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 012

  • ta'ítam máh'iit yáan vúra usúpaahiti, uvôoruraa pa'ípaha. So in the morning, it was scarcely dawn when he climbed up the tree. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 012]
  • á' upvoorurâanati. (A bird) climbs up (a tree). [Reference: TK 98.42]

Sentence examples (11)


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  1. xás   u-píip   payêem   ni-vôoruraa-vish   pa-'ípaha  
    then   3s(>3)-say   now   1s(>3)-crawl.up-FUT   the-tree  
    And he said, "Now I'll climb a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás   á'   u-vôoruraa   ípah-ak  
    then   above   3s(>3)-crawl.up   tree-Locative  
    And he climbed up a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. kári   xás   á'   u-vôoruraa   iyvôoruraa-k  
    then   then   above   3s(>3)-crawl.up   woodpile-Locative  
    Then he crawled up on the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. xás   ta'ítam   kun-'iru-voorúraa-na-heen  
    then   so   3pl(>3s)-PL-crawl.up-PL.ACT-ANT  
    And so they crawled up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  5. ta'ítam   máh'iit   yáan   vúra   u-súpaahi-tih   u-vôoruraa   pa-'ípaha  
    so   morning   recently   Intensive   3s(>3)-become.day-DUR   3s(>3)-crawl.up   the-tree  
    So in the morning it was scarcely dawn, he climbed up the tree.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. vúra   vaa   u-vôoruraa-tih  
    Intensive   so   3s(>3)-crawl.up-DUR  
    He was climbing up like that.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  7. kári   xás   âanaxus   u-vôoruraa  
    then   then   weasel   3s(>3)-crawl.up  
    So Weasel climbed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  8. xás   kári   iv'ávahkam   u-vôoruraa   t-óo   piikívshipriv   p-éemyah  
    then   then   roof   3s(>3)-crawl.up   PERF-3s(>3)   put.necklaces.up.on   the-breath  
    And he crawled up on the roof, he wore the heart as a necklace.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  9. xás   iv'ávahkam   u-vôoruraa   pa-pirishkâarim  
    then   roof   3s(>3)-crawl.up   the-grizzly  
    So Grizzly crawled up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. kári   xás   a'   u-vôoruraa   iyvôoruraa  
    then   then   above   3s(>3)-crawl.up   woodpile  
    Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  11. payôok   ávansa   vuraakír-ak   u-vôoruraa-tih   ú-mkaanvu-tih  
    right.here   man   ladder-Locative   3s(>3)-crawl.up-DUR   3s(>3)-gather-DUR  
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text