Ararahih'urípih
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iipkúrih to dive

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1691 | revised Nov 11 2014

iipkúrih • V • to dive

Derivation:  iip-kúrih
return-into.water

Source: WB 637.1, p.347; JPH ani 06:675

  • xás paxanchíifich u'iipkúrih ishkêeshak. So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 058]

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  1. xás    paxanchíifich    u'iipkúri    ishkêeshak   
    then    Frog    he.dived    in.the.river   
    So Frog (took the fire in his mouth and) dived in the river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  2. xás    u'iipkúrih   
    then    he.dives   
    He dived in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  3. xás    u'iipkúrih   
    then    he.dived.in   
    Then he dived in.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    u'iipkúri    póokraam   
    then    then    he.dove.in    the.lake   
    And he dived into the lake.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    pamuchíshii    ta'ítam    úmpaan    u'iipkúriheen   
    then    then    his.dog    so    3sg..emphatic    it.dived.into.the.water   
    So then his dog dived into the water.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  6. káru    vaa    káan    ávansa    upakxuyvîichvuti    pakáan    tu'iipkúrih   
    also    so    there    man    he.is.seeking.good.luck    when.there    he.dove   
    And a man is looking for good luck there when he dives in there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  7. tu'iipkúrihar    xáat    káru    ni'iv   
    he.went.to.dive    may    also    I.die   
    He went to dive in, (thinking), "I may even die."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text