Ararahih'urípih
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páramsip / páramsipriv- to start going back

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lexicon ID #4560 | revised Oct 31 2014

páramsip / páramsipriv- • V • to start going back

  • uum vúra vaa káan uparamsîipreenik. He had started out from there anciently. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 292]

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  1. víri    xáat    ithivthaneen'ípan    ti'íipma    vaa    káan    iparamsíipreevish   
    so    may    the.end.of.the.earth    you.go.back    so    there    you.will.start.going.back   
    You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  2. vaa    vúra    káan    uparamsíipreevish    xáat    káru    ithivthaneen'ípan    tu'íipma   
    so    Intensive    there    he.will.start.going.back    may    also    the.end.of.the.earth    he.went.back   
    He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text