Ararahih'urípih
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ikfúkuvraa to climb over

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1781 | revised Nov 05 2014

ikfúkuvraa • V • to climb over

Derivation:  ikfuk-vraa
climb-over

Source: WB files

  • víri poopikfúkuvraa, víri xánahich vúra uhyárih. So, when he climbs over (the top of Etna Mountain), he just stands there a while. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 233]
  • pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah. When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge). [Reference: WB 12: Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun 005]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. viri    kúna    vúra    ithyárukirukam    kumavîitkir    chími    ukfúkuvravish   
    so    in.addition    Intensive    on.other.side.of.river    its.ridge    soon    he.will.climb.over   
    He was about to climb over the ridge on the other side of the creek.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    máruk    níkfuukraa    chavúra    máruk    ípan    nikfúkuvraa   
    then    then    uphill    I.climb.up.from.downhill    finally    uphill    end    I.climb.over   
    Then I climbed uphill and finally I climbed over the hill top.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. pa'ávansa    máruk    tóo    kfúkuraa   
    the.man    uphill    he.has    climb.over   
    The man went uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  4. naa    káru    máruk    tá    nikfúkuraa   
    1sg.    also    uphill    PERF    I.climb.uphill   
    I walked uphill too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  5. xás    vúra    vaa    sáruk    ukfukúraa   
    then    Intensive    that    downhill    he.climbed.up   
    And he climbed all the way back up from downhill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  6. yáxa    máruk    tóo    kfúkuvraa   
    look!    uphill    he.has    climb.over   
    Look, he climbed up there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  7. pookfúkuvraa    yánava    ithyáruk    xás    tuváruprav    pakúusrah   
    when.he.climbed.over    visible    across    then    it.rose    the.sun   
    When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  8. tishravará'iivreer    tupikfúkuvraa   
    Etna.Mountain    he.climbed.over   
    He came over Etna Mountain.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  9. chavúra    vaa    káan    úum    máruk    ukfúkuvraa   
    finally    so    there    3.SG    uphill    he.climbed.over.it   
    Then he had gotten there, up on top of the hill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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