Ararahih'urípih
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ipvárakirak on the way back downriver

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lexicon ID #2861 | revised Nov 23 2014

ipvárakirak • N • on the way back downriver

Derivation:  ip-várak-irak
ITER come.down-where

  • xás ipvárakirak panini'ahtáknih pamuyukúkuh íp umátnuusat. And one the way back downriver I got a flat tire. [Reference: WB T91.2]

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  1. xás    ipvárakirak    panini'ahtákni    pamuyukúku    íp    umátnuusat   
    then    on.the.way.back.downriver    my.car    its.shoe    PAST    it.burst   
    And on the way back down from upriver, my tire burst.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text