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vúrayva / vúrayvu- to go around; to wander
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6683 | revised Jan 22 2016
vúrayva / vúrayvu- • V • to go around; to wander
Derivation: | va-várayva |
go-here.and.there |
Derivatives (4)
ikxaramvuráyvaan "evil sorcerer; "Indian devil""
ipvúrayva "to be back on one's feet"
vunáyviichva "to wander idly"
vúrayvikeethun "to walk around"
Source: WB 1513.15, p.393
- tuyshípreek uvúrayvuti. He's wandering around in the hills. [Reference: KV]
- víri ûum vúra panivúrayvuti. I can hardly get around. [Reference: WB T93. Violet cooking 021]
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xás úppeeranik achvúun îin kuníppeeranik xáy faat ík vúra ôok ipáfyuk iim vúra pu'ôok vúrayvutiheeshara then he.told.him hookbill.salmon TOPIC he.told.him don't! must Intensive here you.come.around.again 2sg. Intensive not.here you.will.not.be.going.around And Hookbill told him: "You must never come around here again, you are not going to come around here." Source: Yaas, "How Buzzard Became Bald" (JPH_KT-01b) | read full textvíri ûum vúra panivúrayvutih so barely Intensive that.I.go.around I can hardly get around. Source: Violet Super, Violet Cooking (VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Playxás uxúti eee naa nipêesh pihnêefich ôok uvúrayvutiheen then he.was.thinking oh! 1sg. I.will.say coyote here he.went.around And he thought, "Ah, I'll bet Coyote has been around here! Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textkári xás kunpíip naa nixúti pihnêefich ôokninay uvúrayvutih then then they.said 1sg. I.am.thinking coyote around.here he.is.wandering And they said, "I think Coyote is wandering around here. Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full textyánava páxaath vaa vúra ukupa'íshipithunahiti pookupavúrayvahitiheen visible the.grasshoppers so Intensive it.was.strung.around.that.way where.he.had.been.wandering.like.that He saw the grasshoppers strung around where he had been wandering. Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full textkári xás kunpatánvish fâat kumá'ii ivúrayvutih then then they.ask.him what because.of you.are.wandering And they asked him, "Why are you wandering around?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full texthûutva kóo yaas'ára u'íinahaak víri yaas'araréethvaaykam nivúrayvutiheesh somehow as.much.as rich.person when.it.exists so in.front.of.rich.people I.will.be.going.around As long as Mankind exists, we will be around in front of rich people. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textvíri vaa yaas'araréethvaaykam uvúrayvutiheesh so so in.front.of.rich.people they.will.be.going.around They will be around in front of rich people. Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full textkári xás kunipéer mâa kâam vuhvúha ukyáati pakúth ivúrayvutih then then they.told.her look! little.upriver deerskin.dance he.is.making.it the.one.for.whose.sake you.are.wandering.around And (the old woman) said, "Look, the one you are wandering around for is making a deerskin dance uphill. Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full textkunipíti uum pupiykáreeshap pakáan asiktávaan uvúrayvutihaak they.say 3.SG they.won't.catch.it if.there woman she.was.going.around People said they wouldn't catch (anything) if a woman was around there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full textasiktávaan uum pukáan vúrayvutihara peemvírak woman 3.SG not.there she.didn't.go.around the.fishing=platform A woman didn't go around the fishing platform there. Source: Julia Starritt, "Salmon Fishing" (WB_KL-69) | read full text