Ararahih'urípih
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itfak / itfáku- to look away downhill

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lexicon ID #3215 | revised Feb 09 2015

itfak / itfáku- • V • to look away downhill

Derivation:  it-fak
look-from.uphill

  • víri pasáruk utfákuti, ii! yánava nani'îin tupihyaakavrínaheen. And when he looks downhillward, "Oh!" he sees it, "She has turned over my dam." [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 242-3]
  • xás pasáruk nipitfákuti, víri kúna sú' upárihkaa pihneefích'anamahach. And when I looked back downhill, another coyote pup ran back inside. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 021]

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  1. xas    pasáruk    nipitfákutih    víri    kúna    su    upárihkaa    pihneefích'anamahich   
    then    downhill    I.am.looking.away.downhill    so    in.addition    inside    it.runs.inside    coyote.pup   
    I looked back just in time to see a coyote pup running back into the log.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. sáruk    tóo    tfákutih   
    downhill    he.had    been.looking.away.downhill   
    He looked downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    sáruk    tóo    tfákutih   
    then    then    downhill    he.had    been.looking.away.downhill   
    And he looked away downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. sáruk    utfákutih    yánava    paaxvâahar    kári    vâaramas    uvêehriv   
    downhill    she.was.looking.downhill    visible    the.pitch-wood    then    long.ones    they.stand   
    She looked downhill, she saw the pitch still standing long.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  5. sâam    kunitfákutih   
    little.downhill    they.looked.away.downhill   
    They looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  6. chavúra    teepshítaanivanihich    axmáy    vaa    ukúupha    sâam    utfákutih   
    finally    after.a.while    suddenly    so    he.did.it    little.downhill    he.was.looking.downhill   
    Finally after a while suddenly he did this, he looked downhill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text