Ararahih'urípih
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írunaa (pl.) to go, walk, travel

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lexicon ID #2924 | revised Jan 22 2015

írunaa • V • (pl.) to go, walk, travel

Derivation:  iru-naa
PL come

  • vaa ík vúra ku'írunaatiheesh. You folks must be traveling. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 243]
  • vaa takunpírunaa ikurâak. They're starting up the ridge. [Reference: DeA & F 4: Land of the Dead 009]
  • xás koovúra peekvípaansa vaa kunkupa'írunaa. And all the runners went on that way (i.e., at intervals). [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 019]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. pahûutva    kóo    yaas'ára    u'íinahaak    vaa    vúra    kóo    itíhan    kuméekxaram    nanitúnviiv    vaa    pay'ôok    kun'írunaatiheesh   
    however    as.much.as    rich.person    when.it.exists    so    Intensive    as.much.as    always    its.night    my.children    so    right.here    they.will.pass   
    As long as people live, every night my children will pass right here.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. kári    xas    kunpiip    chími    nu'írunaa    pay    uum    vúra    pihnîichich   
    then    then    they.say    soon    we.go    this    3.SG    Intensive    old.man   
    Then they said: "Let's travel; it is some old man."
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  3. xás    mâamvanihich    tá    kun'írunaa   
    then    a.little.uphill.    PERF    they.traveled   
    Then they traveled up slope a little ways.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  4. ikxúrar    tóo    kxánamhach    púyava    tá    kunvítvarakva    páahak    sú'    tá    kun'írunaa   
    evening    it.had    gotten.a.little.dark    you.see    PERF    they.paddled.down.from.upriver    in.boats    inside    PERF    they.traveled   
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  5. xás    koovúra    peekvípaansa    vaa    kunkupa'írunaa   
    then    all    the.runners    so    they.went.in.that.way   
    And all the runners went on that way (i.e., at intervals).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  6. xás    kunpiip    vaa    vúra    kun'írunaatiheesh    patur   
    then    they.say    so    Intensive    they.will.walk    the.basket-load   
    And then they said, "The basket-loads will walk (home by themselves)."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text

  7. xás    pa'áraar    poo'îinhiti    víriva    musúrukam    kun'írunaatih   
    then    the.people    where.the.falls.were    so    underneath.them    they.were.walking   
    And the people traveled behind where the falls were.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    kunpiip    hûut    nukupa'írunaavish   
    then    then    they.said    how    how.we.will.go   
    And they said, "How shall we go?"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  9. ta'ítam    vaa    kun'irunaakíraheen   
    so    that    they.went.on.it   
    So they went up on it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text