Ararahih'urípih
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ikvíripraa to run up from uphill; to run up from downriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2204 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvíripraa • V • to run up from uphill; to run up from downriver

Derivation:  ikvip-raa
run-here

  • sáruk niyvúrunih xás áavkam ni'árihish, xás máruk upikvíripraa. I chased it downhill and ran ahead of it, and it ran back uphill. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 006]
  • xás upikvíripraa pa'asiktávaan. Then the woman ran back up. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 219]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. sáruk    niyvúrunih    xás    áavkam    ni'áapish    xás    máruk    upikvíripraa   
    downhill    I.chase.him.down    then    ahead    1s(>3)    then    uphill    he.runs.again.up.from.downhill   
    I followed him down hill at a run. I headed him off and he ran back up hill.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. víri    vaa    kúth    sâam    usaamnúputih    káru    vaa    kúth    áama    ukvíripraatih   
    so    that    because.of    little.downhill    it.is.flowing.downstream    also    that    because.of    salmon    it.runs.up.the.river   
    That's why (the water) flows downstream, and that's why salmon run up the river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  3. yánava    tóo    kvíripraa   
    visible    he.did    run.up.from.downhill   
    She saw him run upriverward.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text