Ararahih'urípih
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vôoruvrath to enter (sweathouse)

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lexicon ID #6626 | revised Nov 19 2015

vôoruvrath • V • to enter (sweathouse)

Derivation:  vôor-vrath
creep-over

Source: JPH ethno ?:350

  • xás uvôoruvrath pihnêefich. So Coyote crawled into the sweathouse. [Reference: WB 3: Coyote's Journey 126]
  • xás tu'ípak, toopvôoruvrath chaka'îimich kunish. Then he comes in, he slowly comes back inside. [Reference: TK 206.32]

Sentence examples (3)


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  1. xás    ikmaháchraam    upvôoruvrath   
    then    sweathouse    he.crawled.back.into.the.sweathouse   
    And (one) went back into the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. xás    uvôoruvrath    pihnêefich   
    then    he.crawled.into.the.sweathouse    coyote   
    So Coyote crawled in.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  3. ith'áraan    ník    kúna    tóo    pvôoruvrath    kunithyivúniihvutih   
    each.person    a.little    in.addition    he.had    come.back.into.the.sweathouse    they.fell.down   
    (As) each person crawled in, they fell down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text