Ararahih'urípih
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vítish / vítishrih- to beach (a boat); to land

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6591 | revised Jan 14 2016

vítish / vítishrih- • V • to beach (a boat); to land

Derivation:  vit-ish
paddle-down

Source: WB 1558.1, p.395

  • vúra taay pápaah takunvitíshriihva. A lot of boats were beached. [Reference: WB T57.29]

Sentence examples (9)


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  1. axmáy    vúra    kunvítish   
    suddenly    Intensive    they.paddled.down   
    Suddenly they paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. chavúra    axmáy    vúra    kunvítish   
    finally    suddenly    Intensive    they.paddled.to.shore   
    Finally they suddenly paddled to shore.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  3. vúra    taay    pápaa    tá    kunvitíshriihva   
    Intensive    much    the.boats    PERF    they.beached.them   
    A lot of boats were beached.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  4. yúruk    pápaah    tá    kunvitíshriihvaheen   
    downriver    the.boats    PERF    they.beached.them   
    Downriver they had beached the boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. xás    uvítish   
    then    he.beached.it   
    Then he beached his boat.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  6. káruk    tá    kunvitíshriihvaheen   
    upriver    PERF    they.beached.them   
    (The others) had beached their boats upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  7. xás    pakunipvítish    upiip    naa    vúra    nipíkvaatsipreevish    pananípaah   
    then    when.he.beached.it.again    he.said    1sg.    Intensive    I.will.put.it.back.up.on.my.shoulder    my.boat   
    And when he had beached his boat again, he said, "I'll pick up my boat."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  8. kári    xás    ta'ítam    kinvítivrikaheen    ithyárukirum    kinvítish   
    then    then    so    they.rowed.to.meet.them    opposite.shore    they.landed.them   
    And someone rowed to meet them and landed them on the other shore.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  9. víri    pápaa    tá    kunipvítish   
    so    the.boats    PERF    they.beached.it   
    They beached their boats.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text