Ararahih'urípih
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yupastáran tear (from weeping)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #7177 | revised Feb 17 2016

yupastáran • N • tear (from weeping)

Derivation:  yúup astaran
eye astaran

Derivative (1)
yupastáranha "to weep, to mourn"

Source: WB 1698.1, p.403

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  1. víri    vaa    kunkupitih    pathakan'ávak    tá    kunthataktakúraan    pamukunyáfus    pamukunyupastáran    mûuk    pakun'ívunti    kahyuras'afishríhan   
    so    so    they.were.doing.it    above.the.knee    PERF    they.were.tattered    their.dresses    their.tears    with.(by.means.of)    that.they.were.crying.for.him    Klamath.Lakes.Young.Man   
    They did this, their dresses were all tattered up above the knees from the tears that they were weeping for Klamath Lakes Young Man.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  2. kári    xás    vaa    kunkúupha    kurihkirá'aachipvari    uthrîish    pamukunyupastáran   
    then    then    so    they.did.it    towards.the.middle.of.the.roof-beam    they.ran.together    their.tears   
    They did this, their tears collected halfway up the roof-beam.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text