Ararahih'urípih
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ikyívuraa to be propelled up (into the air)

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lexicon ID #2381 | revised Dec 07 2014

ikyívuraa • V • to be propelled up (into the air)

Literally: 'fall-up'

Derivation:  ikyiv-uraa
fall-up

Source: WB 560.2, p.343

  • xás âanaxus úskaaksur, pihnîich á' ukyívuraa. Then Weasel jumped off (the teeter-totter), (and) the old man flew up into the air. [Reference: WB T20.51]

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  1. xás    âanaxus    úskaaksur    pihnîich    á'    ukyívuraa   
    then    weasel    he.jumped.off    old.man    above    he.was.propelled.up.into.the.air   
    (But Weasel forced the old man to get on.) Then Weasel jumped off, (and) the old man flew up into the air.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text