Ararahih'urípih
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pavyíhuk (pl.) to come back

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lexicon ID #4686 | revised Nov 08 2005

pavyíhuk • V • (pl.) to come back

  • táma vúra kunpavyíhuk koovúra, xás ikmaháchraam kunpavyíhivrath, kári xás ikmaháchraam kunpavyíhish. Then they all came back, and they went into the sweathouse, and they sat down in the sweathouse. [Reference: KT 122.40]
  • vúra tu'áapunma chími kunpavyíhukeesh. She just knows that they are about to arrive here. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 220]

Sentence examples (10)


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  1. ikxúrar    tá    kunpavyíhuk    koovúra    ichámahich    pamukunpúufich   
    evening    PERF    they.came.back    all    one.by.one    the.their.deer   
    In the evening they all return one by one with their deer.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. káru    umnîishti    pakun'áveesh    pakunpavyíihukahaak   
    also    he.is.cooking.    that.they.will.eat    when.they.come.back   
    Also he was doing the cooking so they should find their meal ready when they came home.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  3. xas    ikxúrar    kunpavyíhuk    pa'avansa   
    then    evening    they.came.back.    the.men   
    Then in the evening the boys came home.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  4. táma    vúra    kunpavyíhuk    koovúra    xás    ikmaháchraam    kunpavyíhivrath   
    then    Intensive    they.came.back    all    then    sweathouse    they.went.back.into.the.sweathouse   
    Then all got back down, and went back into the sweathouse.
    Source: Yaas, "How Grizzly Bear Got his Ears Burnt Off" (JPH_KT-01a) | read full text

  5. púyava    kúkuum    vúra    kúmateech    tá    kunpavyíhuk    pa'asiktávaansa   
    you.see    again    Intensive    later.in.day    PERF    they.came.back    the.women   
    Again later in the day the women came back.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Bear" (WB_KL-40) | read full text

  6. xás    tá    kunpavyíhuk   
    then    PERF    they.came.back   
    Then they came home.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  7. xás    kári    tá    kunpavyíhuk    pa'ifápiitsha   
    then    then    PERF    they.came.back    the.young.women   
    And the young women would come home.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  8. púyava    tá    kunpavyíhuk    kári    xás    chími    nuvûuksahinaa   
    you.see    PERF    they.came.back    then    then    soon    let.us.have.a.work.contest!   
    So they came home and then (they said), "Let's have a contest!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Work Contests" (WB_KL-79) | read full text

  9. xás    ôok    nupavyíhuk    kúkuum   
    then    here    we.came.back    again   
    Then we came back here again.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text

  10. xás    nupavyíhuk   
    then    we.came.back   
    Then we came back.
    Source: Emily Donahue, "Professor Gifford's Visit" (WB_KL-88) | read full text