Ararahih'urípih
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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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  1. 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 text
  2. víri    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 | Play
  3. xás    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 text
  4. kári    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 text
  5. yánava    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 text
  6. kári    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 text
  7. hûutva    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 text
  8. víri    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 text
  9. kári    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 text
  10. kunipíti    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 text
  11. asiktávaan    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