Ararahih'urípih
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puraan each other

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5101 | revised Aug 01 2005

puraan PRON • each other

Derivative (1)
puraanmásva "by turns, taking turns"

Source: WB 1178, p.376

  • puráan kuntákaamti, puráan kunipêenti ... They were laughing at each other, they were saying to each other ... [Reference: KS38. Mice story 010]
  • puráan kích kunpímuusti. They were just looking at each other. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 024]


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  1. xás    púraan        kun'êe    pa'áhup    kuníkshaahtih    "if    yâamachich    pa'áhup   
    then    each.other    PERF    they.give.to    the.wood    they.were.laughing    truly    pretty.(dimin.)    the.wood   
    They handed the wood to each other, they were laughing: "What nice wood!"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  2. xás    puráan    kunpímuustih    pa'ifápiitichas   
    then    each.other    they.looked.at.    the.young.women   
    Then they looked at each other, those young girls did.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  3. xás    papuráan    kunpímuustih   
    then    each.other    they.looked.at   
    They they looked at each other.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  4. káruma    ôok    ithivthanéen'aachip    xasík    xákaan    puráan    kunipmáheesh   
    in.fact    here    the.middle.of.the.world    then.(future)    both    each.other    they.will.see.them.again   
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  5. peekxuraráhaan    pamukeechíkyav    puráan        kuníkfuukiraa   
    Evening.Star    his.sweetheart    each.other    PERF    they.grabbed.them   
    Evening Star and his sweetheart (finally) clasped one another.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text
  6. asiktávaan    mukeechíkyav    xákaan    vúra    puxích    puráan        kuntápkuuputih   
    woman    her.sweetheart    both    Intensive    very.much    each.other    PERF    they.liked.them   
    A woman and her sweetheart loved each other very much.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text
  7. púyava    xás    puráan        kun'ífukiraa    xás        kunvúunva   
    you.see    then    each.other    PERF    they.grabbed    then    PERF    they.wrested   
    Then they grabbed each other, and they wrestled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text