Ararahih'urípih
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yu' far downriver, e.g. at Requa

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7270 | revised Feb 15 2016

yu' ADV • far downriver, e.g. at Requa

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Source: WB 1683, p.401; JPH mat 07:354R

  • hâari yú' mít kunikvaránkootihat xuskáamhar. Sometimes they used to go far downriver to buy bows. [Reference: TK 162.36]


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  1. púya-va   xás   uumkun   yu'-kúkam-kam   pa-'ávans-as      kun-ithvíripraa  
    and.so-so   then   they   downriver-side-side   the-man-PL   PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.up.from.downriver.(two)  
    Then the men on the downriver end ran up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  2. xás   pa-yu'-kúkam   uumkun   káruk      kun-ithvíriproov  
    then   the-downriver-side   they   upriver   PERF   3pl(>3s)-run.upriver.from.here.(two)  
    Then the ones on the downriver end ran up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  3. púya-va   hâari   uum   pa-yu'-kúkam   pa-'ávans-as   píshiip   t-u-'úum   pa-tákasar   u-phíriv-irak  
    and.so-so   sometime   3.SG   the-downriver-side   the-man-PL   first   PERF-3s(>3)-arrive   NOMZ-shinny.tossel   3s(>3)-lie.(two)-where  
    Sometimes the men on the downriver end arrived first where the tossel lay.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  4. púya-va   pa-yu'-kúkam      kun-tâat-ivruk-ahaak   púya-va   kári      kun-kôokha   pa-yúruk   va-'ár-as  
    and.so-so   NOMZ-downriver-side   PERF   3pl(>3s)-handle.with.implement-down.over-when   and.so-so   then   PERF   3pl(>3s)-win.at.gambling   the-downriver   3sPOSS-person-PL  
    If the ones on the downriver end toss it over (the goal line), then the downriver people won.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text