Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúhish / thivrúhishrih- to float ashore

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5968 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúhish / thivrúhishrih- • V • to float ashore

Derivation:  thivruh-ish
float-down

Note: Idiom: peekxúrar púvaxay uthivrúhish 'evening hadn't descended yet' (WB T53.25).

  • ichámahich vúra pakunthivrúhishrihat. They floated ashore one at a time. [Reference: KV]
  • pa'úuth kunpípaathkar thúfip xás uthivrúhish. When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 119]

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  1. pa'úuth    kunpípaathkar    thúfip    xás    uthivrúhish   
    when.out.into.the.river    they.threw.it.back.into.the.water    placename    then    he.floated.ashore   
    When they threw him back in the river, he then floated ashore at Requa.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  2. káan    xás    uthivrúhish   
    there    then    he.floated.ashore   
    He floated to shore there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. víri    pootníshuk    víri    uumyâach    kunipthivrúhish    úuth    yúrastiim   
    so    when.he.looked.out    so    just.barely    they.floated.back.ashore    out.to.water    seashore   
    When he barely looked out, they floated ashore out at the ocean, at the seashore.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  4. xás    yurástiim    uthivrúhish   
    then    seashore    he.floated.ashore   
    And he floated ashore on the seashore.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  5. xás    péekxurar    uthivrúhish   
    then    when.evening    he.floated.ashore   
    And in the evening he floated to shore.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  6. kúkuum    vúra    imáan    péekxurar    uthivrúhish   
    again    Intensive    tomorrow    when.evening    he.floated.ashore   
    Again the next day he floated to shore in the evening.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  7. peekxúrar    púvaxay    thivrúhish    koovúra    axupa'ithvutiharamúrax   
    the.evening    not.yet    float.ashore    all    nothing.but.those.carrying.dressed.deer.meat.on.the.back   
    When evening hadn't (even) floated down yet, they were all doing nothing but carrying dressed deer meat.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text