Ararahih'urípih
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apurúvaan evil sorcerer, Indian devil

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #471 | revised Feb 18 2014

apurúvaan N • evil sorcerer, Indian devil

Literally: 'bewitcher'

Derivation ápur-va-aan
bewitch-PL.ACT-Agentive

Derivative (1)
apuruvániik "placename, part of rancheria"

Source: WB 123.3, p.319


Short recording (1) | Sentence examples (7)

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  1. êem    káru    apurúvaan   
    doctor    also    sorcerer   
    She was a doctor and sorcerer.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Bluejay Myth" (JPH_PHM-24-343a) | read full text
  2. uum    vúra    ataháriish    vúra    kunmáahtih        kunpiip    u'apurúvaanhitih   
    3.SG    Intensive    all.the.time    Intensive    they.were.seeing    PERF    they.said    she.is.a.devil   
    People were always seeing (a certain woman), they said, "She's a devil."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Discovered" (WB_KL-62) | read full text
  3. hínupa    vaa    káan    utnûuprihti    yítha    pa'apurúvaan   
    surprise    so    there    he.was.looking.through    one    the.devil   
    There was a certain devil peeking through there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  4. yítha    pa'apurúvaan    úksah   
    one    the.devil    he.laughed   
    And a certain devil (accompanying the first one) laughed.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    ikxáram    axmáy    uthítiv    axmáy    uvôonfuruk    pa'apurúvaan   
    then    then    night    suddenly    she.heard    suddenly    he.entered.the.house    the.devil   
    Then in the night suddenly she heard it, suddenly the devil came in.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    pa'apurúvaan    upvôonfuruk   
    then    then    the.devil    he.came.back.into.the.house   
    Then the devil came back in the house.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text
  7. púyava    vúra        xára    kári    xás    pa'apurúvaan    umah   
    you.see    Intensive    PERF    long.time    then    then    the.devil    he.found.her   
    So after a long time, then the devil found her.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text