Ararahih'urípih
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paratánmaahpa / paratánmaahpu- to turn back

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4566 | revised Oct 31 2014

paratánmaahpa / paratánmaahpu- • V • to turn back

Source: WB 1064, p.370

  • ta'ítam vaa vúra káan uparatánmaahpaheen. So he has turned back there. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 260]
  • chavúra taxánnahishitch koovúra kunparatánmaahpanaa. Finally after a while theuy all turned back. [Reference: KT 122b.26]

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  1. chavúra    tá    xánahich    koovúra    kunparatánmaahpanaa   
    finally    PERF    after.while    all    they.turned.back   
    Then after a while they all turned back.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  2. xás    yítha    îin    kunipêer    tá    nuparatánmaahpa   
    then    one    TOPIC    they.told.him    PERF    we.turned.back   
    Then one of them told him: "We have turned back."
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  3. xás    ta'ítam    pa'asiktávaan    uparatánmaahpa   
    then    so    the.woman    she.turns.back   
    So then the woman turned back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text