Ararahih'urípih
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turáayva / turáayvu- to look around, to look for, to seek

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6138 | revised Oct 31 2014

turáayva / turáayvu- • V • to look around, to look for, to seek

Derivative (1)
turáayvarayva "to look around for"

Source: WB 1403, p.387

  • kári xás pa'âapun tutúraayva,... And when he looked around on the ground,... [Reference: WB T14.15]
  • pamuhrôoha xákaan puráan kuntúraayvuti. He and his wife are looking for each other. [Reference: KV]

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  1. xás    tutúraayva    vúra    uum    táay    paxathímtas   
    then    he.looked.around    Intensive    3.SG    much    the.roasted.grasshoppers   
    And he looked around, there were lots of grasshoppers.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás    ta'ítam    uturáayvaheen   
    then    so    he.looked.around   
    So then he looked around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. xás    kuntúraayva   
    then    they.looked.around   
    And they looked around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  4. kári    xás    ík    vúra    itúraayveesh    panúpeerahaak   
    then    then    must    Intensive    you.will.look.around    when.we.tell.you   
    Then when we tell you, you can look around."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  5. kári    xás    ík    vúra    itúraayveesh    panúpeerahaak   
    then    then    must    Intensive    you.will.look.around    when.we.tell.you   
    Then when we tell you, you can look around."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  6. púyava    uknamxánahich    tá    kunpípasma    kári    xás    kunipêer    chími    túraayvi   
    you.see    placename    PERF    they.brought.him.back.to    then    then    they.told.him    soon    look.around!   
    Then they brought him to uknamxánahich, and they told him, "Look around!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    pootúraayva    kári    upiip    nanishívshaaneen   
    then    then    when.he.looked.around    then    he.said    my.country   
    And when he looked around, then he said, "My country!"
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  8. ník    utúraayva   
    a.little    he.was.looking.for.it   
    He was looking for it.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  9. xás    sáruk    kuntúraayvutih    púra fátaak   
    then    downhill    they.look.for.him    nowhere   
    And they looked for him downhill, (but) he was nowhere (to be seen).
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    pa'âapun    tutúraayva    yee    asayaamach'íshara    ôok    páy    utháaniv   
    then    then    on.the.ground    he.looked.around    well    a.pretty.rock    here    this    sits   
    And when he looked around on the ground, he thought "Well, a pretty rock is lying here!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  11. xás    utúraayva   
    then    she.looked.around   
    Then she looked around.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  12. xás    kuntúraayva   
    then    they.looked.around   
    Then they looked around.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  13. púyava    tutúraayva    yítha    yanéekva    tá    púra fátaak   
    you.see    he.looked.around    one    visible    PERF    nowhere   
    Then one looked around, he saw that she was not there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  14. víri    pootúraayva    púra fátaak    vúra    yâahitihara    pakun'ûupvunaatih    peekxariya'ifápiitsha   
    so    when.she.looked.around    nowhere    Intensive    she.didn't.fit.in    where.they.were.digging.roots    the.spirit.girls   
    When she looked around, she couldn't fit in anyplace where the spirit girls were digging roots.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  15. pootúraayva    yánava    koovúra    tá    púfaat    peekxariya'ifápiitsha   
    when.she.looked.around    visible    all    PERF    nothing    the.spirit.girls   
    When (the poor one) looked around, she saw they were all gone, the spirit girls.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine to Get a Husband" (WB_KL-50) | read full text

  16. vaa    uum    vúra    punaturâayvutiheeshara   
    so    3.SG    Intensive    I.won't.be.looking.for.him   
    "That way I won't be looking for him."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text