Ararahih'urípih
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itvâavnuk to look down over

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3432 | revised Aug 27 2015

itvâavnuk • V • to look down over Variant: itvâamnuk.

Derivation:  it-vaa-vruk
look vaa-down.over

Derivative (1)
ishyux'itvaavnúkraam "name of a rock on the mountainside near Ike's Falls"

  • chávura aseeshtákak tupitvâavnuk. He looked down over Gap-in-the-Rock toward Katimin. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 246]
  • axmáy vúra xás utvâavnuk, xeepan'ípan. Then all at once he looked over, at Xeepan'ípan. [Reference: TK 67.37]

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  1. ifuchtîimich    poopitvâavnukanik    yánava    pura fátaak   
    last.time    that.he.looked.over.his.shoulder    visible    nowhere   
    The last time he looked over, (the falls) were nowhere to be seen.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  2. xás    aseeshtákak    poopitvâavnuk    mâam    páykuuk    umah    tá    kunpífukraa    mú'arama    xákaan   
    then    placename    when.he.looks.over.his.shoulder    uphill    over.there    he.sees    PERF    they.were.climbing.uphill    his.child    both   
    And when he looked over at aseeshtákak, he saw here right there uphill, she and her child were climbing uphill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-26) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    vaa    kâam    ifuchtîimich    kunítvaavnuk    aseeshtákak   
    then    then    so    little.upriver    last.time    they.looked.over    placename   
    And finally, at aseeshtákak, they looked over, a little ways upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  4. peepárihrupahaak    yúruk    peepitvâavnukahaak    imáheesh    úmkuufhitih   
    when.you.go.back.downriver    downriver    when.you.look.down.over.again    you.will.see    it.is.giving.off.smoke   
    When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text