Ararahih'urípih
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thivrúuhvarak to float down from upriver

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lexicon ID #5984 | revised Jan 29 2016

thivrúuhvarak • V • to float down from upriver

Derivation:  thivruh-varak
float-down.from.upriver

  • chavúra tayíiv toopthívruuhvarak. Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here. [Reference: WB 01: Coyote's Journey 083]

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  1. hínupa    vúra    uum    vaa    tóo    pthívruhvarak   
    surprise    Intensive    3.SG    so    he    floated.down.from.upriver   
    He floated down the river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. chavúra    tá    yiiv    tóo    pthívruhvarak   
    finally    PERF    far    he    floated.down.from.upriver.   
    He floated a long ways down.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. chavúra    tá    yíiv    tóo    pthívruuhvarak   
    finally    PERF    far    he.had    floated.back.down.from.upriver   
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  4. chavúra    ôok    ithivthaanéen'aachip    tóo    pthívruuhvarak   
    finally    here    center.of.the.world    he.had    floated.back.down.from.upriver   
    Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    uthívruuhvarak   
    then    then    he.floated.down.from.upriver   
    And he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text

  6. ta'ítam    upthívruuhvarak   
    so    he.floated.back.down.from.upriver   
    So he floated back down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  7. xás    yítha    upíip    ooo    yáxa    kóo    ahupyâamach    tuthívruuhvarak   
    then    one    she.said    oh!    look!    so.much    a.pretty.stick    it.has.floated.down.from.upriver   
    And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás    uthívruuhvarak   
    then    he.floated.down.from.upriver   
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  9. púyava    tá    kunmah    pa'ahupyâamach    tuthívruuhvarak   
    you.see    PERF    they.saw.it    the.pretty.stick    it.had.floated.down.from.upriver   
    Then they saw it, the pretty stick floating down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  10. xás    tá    kunpíip    yáxa    pa'ahupyâamach    tuthívruuhvarak   
    then    PERF    they.said    look!    the.pretty.stick    it.has.floated.down.from.upriver   
    And they said, "Look at the pretty stick floating down!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  11. xás    vúra    tuthívruuhvarak   
    then    Intensive    he.had.floated.down.from.upriver   
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  12. kári    xás    upthívruuhvarak   
    then    then    he.floated.back.down.of.upriver   
    So he floated back down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  13. kári    xás    kunmah    tuthívruuhvarak    pa'ahupyâamach   
    then    then    they.saw.it    it.floated.down.from.upriver    the.pretty.stick   
    And they saw it, the pretty stick floated down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text