Ararahih'urípih
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kûukam in that direction, in that way

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4078 | revised Aug 07 2015

kûukam • ADV • in that direction, in that way

Derivation:  kuuk-kam
to.there-side

Source: WB 912.1, p.358

  • xás kúkuum vaa vúra káan u'ípahoo míta kûukam u'arávuukat. And again she went back there the way she had come. [Reference: WB T16.26]
  • payêem vúra vaa hitíhaan vaa kûumkam u'ávahkamhiti. The side that is up now is going to be the top of the basket. [Reference: TK 111.14]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xas    papúufich    tá    kunthathyúrufurukva    ma'    kûukam   
    then    the.deer    PERF    they.dragged.it.indoors    uphill    in.that.direction   
    Then they dragged in the deer through the hole in the wall at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás    kúkuum    vaa    vúra    káan    u'ípahoo    míta    kûukam    u'arávuukat   
    then    again    that    Intensive    there    she.goes.back    near.past    in.that.direction    she.started.from   
    And she traveled again the way she had come there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text