Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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thivruh to float

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5967 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivruh • V • to float

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1460, p.389

  • uthivrúhtiihva. (Clouds) are floating. [Reference: WB files]
  • astíipich vúra kanthivrúhi. Let me float to the shore! [Reference: WB T91]

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  1. xás    upiip    astíipich    vúra    kanthivrúhi    astíipich    vúra    kanthivrúhi   
    then    he.said    right.at.the.bank    Intensive    let.me.float!    right.at.the.bank    Intensive    let.me.float!   
    And he said, "Let me float to the bank, let me float to the bank.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. mukunsá'kukamich    xasík    nipthivrúhrooneesh   
    just.downhill.from.them    then.(future)    I.will.keep.floating.back.upriver   
    I will keep floating back upriver just downhill from them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  3. tá    kunimúsar    poopthivrúhroonatih   
    PERF    they.went.to.look.at.it    while.it.was.floating.back.upriver   
    They went to look at it floating back upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. páy    peethívthaaneen    thaanêen    nipthivrúhiroopithvutih   
    this    the.world    around    I.float.around   
    I float around and around this world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  5. víri    îifuti    uthívruuhtih   
    so    sure.enough    they.are.floating   
    Sure enough, they were floating (there).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  6. káru    pápaa    úuth    uthívruuhtih   
    also    the.boat    out.to.water    it.is.floating   
    And the boat is floating out in the water.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text