Ararahih'urípih
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vunáyviichva / vunayvîichvu- to wander idly

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6650 | revised Jan 14 2016

vunáyviichva / vunayvîichvu- • V • to wander idly

Derivation:  vúrayva-iichva  (= va-várayva-iichva)
go.around-in.pretense  (= go-here.and.there-in.pretense)

Source: KV

  • xás uxús tîi káan kanvunáyviichvan. And he thought, "Let me go look around there." [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 004]
  • kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvuti. Madrone was always wandering around idly. [Reference: WB T35.12]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xás   u-xús   tîi   káan   kan-vunáyviichv-an  
    then   3s(>3)-think   let...   there   1s(>3)-wander.idly-go.to  
    And he thought, "Let me go look around there.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  2. kusrípan   uum   vúra   itíhaan   u-vunayvîichvu-tih  
    madrone.tree   3.SG   Intensive   always   3s(>3)-wander.idly-DUR  
    Madrone was always wandering around idly.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text