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yu' far downriver, e.g. at Requa
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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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púya-va xás uumkun yu'-kúkam-kam pa-'ávans-as tá 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 textxás pa-yu'-kúkam uumkun káruk tá 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 textpúya-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 textpúya-va pa-yu'-kúkam tá kun-tâat-ivruk-ahaak púya-va kári tá 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