Ararahih'urípih
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inaa to go uphill; to go upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2633 | revised Jan 19 2015

inaa • V • to go uphill; to go upriver

Derivation:  in-raa
go-here

Source: WB 621.1, p.346

Note: Initial /i/ is lost after vowels of prefixes.

  • máruk aah tookyâar pa'ahíramak, máruk toonaa. He makes a fire upslope at the fireplace, he goes on upslope. [Reference: TK 244.24]
  • xás âanaxus tóonaa. And Weasel went upriver. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 054]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xás    âanaxus    tóo    naa    pa'áraar    kuniykáranaati    âanaxus   
    then    weasel    he.had    go.uphill    the.people    they.were.killing.him    weasel   
    Then Weasel went upriver, the people were killing (i.e., trying to kill) Weasel.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  2. íp    kanéepeerat    xáyfaat    ôok    inaa   
    PAST    they.told.me    don't!    here    you.go.upriver   
    They told me, 'Don't go up there.'"
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text