Ararahih'urípih
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pápivar / pápivan- to go search for (something)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4545 | revised Oct 31 2014

pápivar / pápivan- • V • to go search for (something)

  • sáruk astíip ník kupápivar. Down-slope at the river edge you (pl.) are going to look. [Reference: KS Crane 079]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. pamu'akah'îin    kunpápivar   
    his.father    he.went.to.search.for.him   
    His father went to look for him.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  2. upíip    naa    nixútih    tá    kanapápivaruk   
    he.said    1sg.    I.think    PERF    they.are.coming.here.to.search.for.me   
    He said, "I think they're coming to look for me."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  3. káan    xás    mah'íitnihach    upapivankôoti    pamusárum    ishkêeshak    hôoy    kích    tóo    pthívruuhruprav   
    there    then    early.morning    she.went.to.look.for    her.pine-roots    at.the.river    where    only    they.had    floated.out   
    Then she went early in the morning to look for her pine-roots there in the river, (she wondered) where they had floated out.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. pa'ára    papivankôotihan    kéevniikich   
    the.person    the.one.going.to.look.for.him    old.woman.(dimin.)   
    The person who was going to look for him was an old woman.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text