Ararahih'urípih
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saamvároo creek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5217 | revised Jul 22 2014

saamvároo N • creek

Derivative (1)
samvaróoninay "??"

Source: WB 1220, p.377

Note: Locative is saamvárook (DeA&F 06.1).

  • payêem vúra ni'isheesh pasaamvároo nimáhaak. Now I'll drink when I see a creek. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 024]
  • kári xás yanava kúkuum káan íshaha úxaakti, usaamvároohiti. And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 050]

See sav- 'to flow'


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  1. ithâan    mit    masúruk    saamváruk    níshxaaytihat   
    once    near.past    up.a.creek    at.a.creek    I.was.fishing.with.hook.and.line   
    Once I went up the creek, fishing with hook and line.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "How I Found Gold" (DAF_KT-05b) | read full text
  2. xás    masúruk    saamváruk    nikvêesh   
    then    up.a.creek    at.the.creek    I.camp   
    I made camp up the creek.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  3. saamvároo    ithyárukirukam    súva    as    úxaakti    itharípriik    vúra    hôoyvarihva   
    creek    on.other.side.of.river    listen!    rock    it.is.making.a.noise    fir.forest    Intensive    somewhere.or.other   
    On the other side of the creek I could hear the noise of rocks somewhere in a fir thicket.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text
  4. púyava    tóo    mah    pasaamvároo   
    you.see    he.had    see    the.creek   
    Then he saw the creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  5. kári    xás    uxus    payêem    vúra    ni'ísheesh    pasaamvároo    nimahaak   
    then    then    he.thought    now    Intensive    I.will.drink    when.a.creek    I.see   
    And he thought, "Now I'll drink when I see a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  6. kári    xás    yánava    pa'íshaha    pasaamvároo    úxaaktih   
    then    then    visible    the.water    the.creek    it.was.making.noise   
    Then he saw the water, the creek was sounding.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. kári    xás    poo'úum    yánava    tupivaxráheen    pasaamvároo   
    then    then    when.he.arrived    visible    it.had.dried.up    the.creek   
    And when he arrived he saw the creek had dried up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. kári    xás    yánava    kúkuum    káan    íshaha    úxaaktih    usaamvároohitih   
    then    then    visible    again    there    water    it.was.making.noise    there.was.a.creek   
    And he saw again the water sounding there, there was a creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. kári    xás    kúkuum    uchunvákir    pasaamvároo   
    then    then    again    he.sneaked.up.on.it    the.creek   
    And again he sneaked up on the creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. kêech    saamvaróokaam   
    big    big.creek   
    It was big, a big creek.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. yanéekva    pasaamvároo    uvúrunihtih   
    visible    the.creek    it.was.flowing.downhill   
    There was a creek flowing down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. payêem    panimáhaak    pasaamvároo    paninívaas    kúuk    nipaathméesh   
    now    when.I.see.it    the.creek    my.blanket    to.there    I.will.throw.it.toward.it   
    "Now when I see a creek, I'll throw my blanket at it.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás    poomáh    pasaamvároo    ta'ítam    kúuk    upaathmáheen   
    then    when.he.saw.it    the.creek    so    to.there    he.threw.it.toward.it   
    And when he saw the creek, then he threw (the blanket) at it.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. saamvárook    aratváraf    kích    i'áamtiheesh   
    in.creeks    black.mud    only    you.will.be.eating.it   
    You'll be eating nothing but mud in the creeks
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  15. saamvaróotiim    aratváraf    u'áamtih   
    creek.edge    black.mud    he.is.eating.it   
    He eats mud on the edge of creeks.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text