Ararahih'urípih
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árihfak / árihfaku- to walk downhill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #559 | revised Oct 31 2014

árihfak / árihfaku- • V • to walk downhill

Derivation:  árih-fak
jump-from.uphill

Source: KV

  • ta'ítam sáruk u'arihfakaheen. So he went downhill. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 067]
  • xás sâam ni'árihfak. And I went a little downhill. [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 012]

See árih- 'to jump' See -fak 'down from uphill'

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. xas    sâam    ni'árihfak   
    then    little.downhill    I.walk.downhill   
    I was just starting down again.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. xáyfaat    sáruk    i'árihfak   
    don't!    downhill    you.walk.downhill   
    Don't walk downhill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play

  3. naa    káru    sáruk    ni'árihfakeesh   
    1sg.    also    downhill    I.will.walk.downhill   
    I am going to go downhill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  4. akâay    sáruk    tu'árihfak   
    who    downhill    .he.has.walked.downhill   
    Who walked down the hill?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  5. akâay    sáruk    tóo    árihfakuheen    ipit   
    who    downhill    he.has    walked.downhill    yesterday   
    Who walked down the hill yesterday?
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  6. ta'ítam    sáruk    u'árihfakaheen   
    so    downhill    he.walked.downhill   
    So he went downhill.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  7. víri    poopkíyaavrin    sâam    too    párihfak   
    so    when.she.turns.back    little.downhill    PERF    she.goes.back.downhill   
    So when she turned around, she went downhill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  8. xás    sáruk    u'árihfak    xás    pasáruk    usaamvárak   
    then    downhill    he.went.downhill    then    where.downhill    it.flows.down.from.upriver   
    And he went downhill where the water was flowing toward the river.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text