Ararahih'urípih
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vôoruraa to crawl up, to climb up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6625 | revised Nov 19 2015

vôoruraa • V • to crawl up, to climb up

Derivation:  vôor-uraa
creep-up

Source: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 012

  • ta'ítam máh'iit yáan vúra usúpaahiti, uvôoruraa pa'ípaha. So in the morning, it was scarcely dawn when he climbed up the tree. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 012]
  • á' upvoorurâanati. (A bird) climbs up (a tree). [Reference: TK 98.42]

Sentence examples (11)


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  1. xás    upíip    payêem    nivôoruraavish    pa'ípaha   
    then    he.said    now    I.will.climb.up.it    the.tree   
    And he said, "Now I'll climb a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. xás    á'    uvôoruraa    ípahak   
    then    above    he.climbed.up    at.the.tree   
    And he climbed up a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  3. kári    xás    á'    uvôoruraa    iyvôoruraak   
    then    then    above    he.crawled.up    on.the.woodpile   
    Then he crawled up on the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  4. xás    ta'ítam    kun'iruvoorúraanaheen   
    then    so    they.crawled.up   
    And so they crawled up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  5. ta'ítam    máh'iit    yáan    vúra    usúpaahitih    uvôoruraa    pa'ípaha   
    so    morning    recently    Intensive    it.was.becoming.day    he.climbed.up    the.tree   
    So in the morning it was scarcely dawn, he climbed up the tree.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  6. vúra    vaa    uvôoruraatih   
    Intensive    so    he.was.climbing.up   
    He was climbing up like that.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text

  7. kári    xás    âanaxus    uvôoruraa   
    then    then    weasel    he.climbed.up   
    So Weasel climbed up.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-19) | read full text

  8. xás    kári    iv'ávahkam    uvôoruraa    tóo    piikívshipriv    péemyah   
    then    then    roof    he.crawled.up    he.had    put.necklaces.up.on    the.heart   
    And he crawled up on the roof, he wore the heart as a necklace.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  9. xás    iv'ávahkam    uvôoruraa    papirishkâarim   
    then    roof    she.crawled.up    the.grizzly.bear   
    So Grizzly crawled up on the roof.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text

  10. kári    xás    a'    uvôoruraa    iyvôoruraa   
    then    then    above    she.crawled.up    woodpile   
    Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text

  11. payôok    ávansa    vuraakírak    uvôoruraatih    úmkaanvutih   
    right.here    man    on.a.ladder    he.is.climbing.up.it    he.is.gathering.(from.plants)   
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text