Ararahih'urípih
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árihroov / árihroovu- to go upriver

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #567 | revised Oct 31 2014

árihroov / árihroovu- • V • to go upriver

Derivation:  árih-roov
jump-upriverward.from.here

  • kusrípan uum vúra itíhaan uvunayvîichvuti, káruk u'árihroonati. Madrone was often wandering around, he often walked upriver. [Reference: WB T35.13]
  • púyava panipkárahaak payêem, káru kúna ni'árihrooveesh, káru kúna ni'árihrooveesh, When I go back acrossriver now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back. [Reference: WB T91. A Blow-out 005]

See -roov 'away upriver'

Sentence examples (35)


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  1. xás    panipvôonupukat    xás    kári    káruk    ni'árihroov   
    then    when.it.let.out    then    then    upriver    I.went.upriver   
    And when it had let out, then I went upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  2. kári    xás    u'árihroov    áan    ithá'iithva    antunvêech    vaa    poovúpareesh    peeshpuk   
    then    then    he.went.upriver    string    one.pack-load    a.little.string    so    which.he.will.string.it.with    the.dentalium.shells   
    And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. xás    páy    pasâam    usaamvárakti    u'árihroov   
    then    this    which.downhill    it.flows.down.from.upriver    he.went.upriver   
    And he went upriver downhill where that flows down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. chavúra    ôok    ithivthanéen'aachip    tu'árihroov   
    finally    here    center.of.world    he.had.traveled.upriver   
    Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  5. kárukvari    tu'árihroov   
    upriverward    he.went.upriver   
    (Coyote) went on upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  6. xás    u'árihroov    upakurîihvutih   
    then    he.went.upriver    he.was.singing.songs   
    And he went upriver, he was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  7. xás    vúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    then    Intensive    far    upriver    he.had.gone.upriver   
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  8. xás    u'árihroov   
    then    he.went.upriver   
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. xás    kári    u'árihroov   
    then    then    he.went.upriver   
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás    pihnêefich    u'árihroov   
    then    coyote    he.went.upriver   
    And Coyote traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás    u'árihroov   
    then    he.went.upriver   
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. xás    káruk    u'árihroov   
    then    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  13. yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  14. vúra    vaa    u'árihroovutih   
    Intensive    so    he.was.going.upriver   
    He was going upriver that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  15. chí    kan'árihroovi   
    soon    let.me.go.upriver   
    Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  16. xás    pihnêefich    káruk    u'árihroov    kahyúras    tuvâaram   
    then    coyote    upriver    he.went.upriver    Klamath.Lakes    he.went   
    So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  17. xás    u'árihroovutih   
    then    he.was.going.upriver   
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  18. vúra    yíiv    tu'árihroov   
    Intensive    far    he.went.upriver   
    He went upriver a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  19. xás    pihnêefich    uum    tá    íp    káruk    u'árihroovat   
    then    coyote    3.SG    PERF    PAST    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    And Coyote went upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  20. pihnêefich    káan    u'árihroovutih   
    coyote    there    he.is.going.upriver   
    Coyote was going upriver there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  21. pihnêefich    káruk    u'árihroovutih   
    coyote    upriver    he.is.going.upriver   
    Coyote was going upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  22. xás    chavúra    yiiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    then    finally    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  23. púyava    upárihroov   
    you.see    he.goes.on.upriver   
    Then he went on upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  24. káruk    u'árihroov   
    upriver    he.goes.upriver   
    He went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  25. xás    kúkuum    u'árihroov   
    then    again    he.goes.upriver   
    Then he went upriver again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  26. xás    u'árihroov   
    then    he.went.upriver   
    Then (Weasel) went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  27. káruk    u'árihroov   
    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    He went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text

  28. ithyarukpíhriiv    u'árihroov    uxus    tîi    káruk    kanvâarami   
    Across.the.Water.Widower    he.went.upriver    he.thought    let...    upriver    let.me.go!   
    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  29. xás    kári    chavúra    yíiv    káruk    tu'árihroov   
    then    then    finally    far    upriver    he.had.gone.upriver   
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  30. xás    u'árihroov    ithyarukpíhriiv   
    then    he.went.upriver    Across.the.Water.Widower   
    Then Across-the-Water Widower went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  31. xás    u'árihroov   
    then    he.went.upriver   
    And he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  32. chavúra    tá    yíiv    káruk    u'árihroov   
    finally    PERF    far    upriver    he.went.upriver   
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text

  33. xás    poo'árihroov    kích    poopíti    rúup    rúup   
    then    when.he.goes.upriver    only    he.was.saying    ?    ?   
    So as he went upriver he was saying nothing but "rúup, rúup."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text

  34. káruk    yíiv    ikhurôok    tu'árihroov   
    upriver    far    on.an.upriver-pointing.ridge    he.had.gone.upriver   
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text

  35. púyava    panipkárahaak    payêem    káruk    kúna    ni'árihroovish    niptakníhareesh   
    you.see    when.I.go.back.across.river    now    upriver    in.addition    I.will.go.upriver    I.will.go.drive.back   
    When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text