Ararahih'urípih
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iyvúruk to rub (something) on, to apply (medicine)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3642 | revised Nov 07 2005

iyvúruk • V • to rub (something) on, to apply (medicine)

Derivative (1)
iyvúrukaha "paint"

Source: WB 833, p.357

  • axváha uyvúrukti. He's putting pitch on it. [Reference: JPH mat 07:244]
  • koovúra uyvúrukahiti papufich'ánav. Everything was rubbed with the deer medicine. [Reference: WB T70:13]

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  1. kári    xás    pakunípthith    kári    xás    axváha    kuniyvúruk   
    then    then    they.finished.weaving    then    then    pitch    they.rubbed.it   
    And when they finished weaving, they smeared it with pitch.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    kinipéer    pa'áraar    tu'ívahaak    vaa    ík    apmántiim    kuyvúruktiheesh   
    then    then    they.told.them    when.a.person    he.has.died    that    must    lip    you.guys.will.be.rubbing.it.on.them   
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  3. xás    uyvúrukti    sakankooréekpat   
    then    she.rubbed.on.him    deer.leg-bone.marrow   
    And she rubbed deer’s leg-bone marrow on him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. púyava    vaa    ithahárinay    tóo    yvúruk    péekpat   
    you.see    so    a.whole.year    she.did    rub    the.marrow   
    So she rubbed marrow on him for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  5. koovúra    uyvúrukahiti    papufich'ánav   
    all    it.was.rubbed.with    the.deer.medicine   
    They rubbed deer medicine on everything.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  6. víriva    máh'iit    patá    kuntátapvanva    víri    vaa    ukupítih    pamukunchíshiih    víri    koovúra    pamukunchíshii    ánav    tá    kuniyvúrukva   
    so    morning    when    they.went.trapping    so    so    it.did.it    their.dog    so    all    their.dogs    medicine    PERF    they.rubbed.them.with   
    When they went trapping in the morning, their dogs would do this, they would all be rubbed with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  7. xás    amyiv    káru    athkúrit    ta    kuníyshar    xás    vaa    tá    kuniyvúruk    pathúkinhak   
    then    soot    also    fat    PERF    they.mixed    then    so    PERF    they.rubbed.it    on.the.tattoo   
    Then they mixed soot and grease, and they rubbed it on the tattoo.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text