Ararahih'urípih
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sínmoo to be absent

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5414 | revised Jul 01 2015

sínmoo • V • to be absent

Derivation:  sir-ma-va
disappear-to-PL.ACT

Derivative (1)
sinmôovishar "to be absent a long time"

Source: WB 1234.3, p.379

  • uum vúra vaa kári u'aapúnmanik xára nishinmôovish. He knew that he was going to stay a long time. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 101]

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  1. vúra    xára    tusínmoo   
    Intensive    long.time    he.has.been.absent   
    He was away for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    uum    vúra    hárivaheesh    á'iknêechhan    hôoyva    tuvâaram    sinmôovishar   
    then    then    3.SG    Intensive    would.be.sometimes    falcon    somewhere    he.went    absent.a.long.time   
    So it would be sometimes, Duck Hawk went off somewhere, he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text

  3. chavúra    xára    usínmoo   
    finally    long.time    he.was.gone   
    Finally he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  4. xás    xárahirurav    usínmoo    kusrípan   
    then    for.too.long    he.was.absent    madrone.tree   
    But Madrone stayed away too long.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  5. ithahárinay    tusínmoo   
    all.year    he.was.gone   
    He was gone for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text