Ararahih'urípih
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pêethkiv to take back out (through a door)

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lexicon ID #4746 | revised Feb 21 2005

pêethkiv • V • to take back out (through a door)

  • vúra uum yâamahukach chími nupêethkiv. It was easy to take her back out. [Reference: KT129.20 (also 129.34)]

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  1. xás    kunpíip    pa'avansáxiich    káan    tá    kun'íihmahaak    ík    kári    kupêethkeevish   
    then    they.said    the.boys    there    PERF    when.they.dance.to    must    then    you.will.pull.them.out   
    And they said, "When the boys dance to there, you people must pull them out."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. xás    kári    pihnêefich    upiip    naa    xâatik    nivâaram    pá'aah    nipêethkiv   
    then    then    coyote    he.said    1sg.    it's.better    I.go    the.fire    I.take.it.back   
    So Coyote said, "Let me go, I'll take the fire away again."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam    upêethkeeheen   
    so    they.took.her.back.out   
    So they took her away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text