Ararahih'urípih
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vítivrik to paddle to meet

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6592 | revised Jan 14 2016

vítivrik • V • to paddle to meet

Derivation:  vit-vrik
paddle-in.response.to.motion

Source: WB T32.76

  • kinvítivrik. Row to meet us! [Reference: WB T32.76]
  • chími nuvítivriki. Let's go get him by boat! [Reference: KT 155.26]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás    pa'avansáxiich    ukpêehva    kinvítivrik   
    then    the.boy    he.shouted    you.row.to.meet.us   
    And the boy shouted, "Row to meet us!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  2. xás    pakéevriik    ukpêehva    navítivrik   
    then    the.old.woman    she.shouted    you.row.to.meet.me   
    And the old woman shouted, "Row to meet me!".
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text

  3. 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