Ararahih'urípih
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-roov / -roovu- upriverward from here ; around a basket

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lexicon ID #5192 | revised Oct 31 2014

-roov / -roovu- SUFF • upriverward from here ; around a basket

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Note: Plural action form is -roon(a).


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  1. akâayva vaa urôovanik when I was packing, you know ..., vúra vaa káruk xás nimah.
    [talking about an unfinished basket] Somebody took it upriver when I was packing , you know, then I saw it upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
    Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play
  2. xas káruk kuna utápichroov.
    Then he slipped in upriver direction.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  3. xás panipvôonupukat, xás kári káruk ni'árihroov.
    And when it had let out, then I went upriver.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Violet Super | Download | Play
  4. pananichishíh'anamahach itháan káruk nu'ípasroovat, káan úkrii chishih'aneekyáavaan.
    Once we took my little dog upriver, there was a veterinarian there.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Dog (VSu-03) | read full text
  5. kári xás u'árihroov, áan ithá'iithva, antunvêech, vaa poovúpareesh peeshpuk.
    And he went upriver; the string was in a single pack, the little string, that which he was going to string the money with.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  6. víri vaa patóo thvásip tóo thvároov pá'aan.
    When he had packed it up, he carried the string upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. mukunsá'kukamich xasík nipthivrúhrooneesh."
    I will keep floating back upriver just downhill from them.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. tá kunimúsar poopthivrúhroonatih.
    They went to look at it floating back upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. xás páy pasâam usaamvárakti u'árihroov.
    And he went upriver downhill where that flows down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  10. chavúra ôok ithivthanéen'aachip tu'árihroov.
    Finally he traveled upriver to the center of the world here.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  11. kárukvari tu'árihroov.
    (Coyote) went on upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  12. víri uvuunôovutih.
    There was an eddy.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  13. xás u'árihroov, upakurîihvutih.
    And he went upriver, he was singing.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  14. xás vúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  15. xás kâam útroovutih.
    And he looked upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  16. xás u'árihroov.
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  17. xás kári u'árihroov.
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  18. xás pihnêefich u'árihroov.
    And Coyote traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  19. xás u'árihroov.
    And he traveled upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  20. " kanapípasroovi."
    "Take me back upriver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  21. xás pa'ávansas káakum kunihmáraroov.
    And some of the men ran upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  22. xás pihnêefich sú' uhyívkaanva " ararátaay kiihmárarishuki, xás kâam kiihmáraroov."
    And Coyote shouted in through it, "Lots of people, come out, and run upriver!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  23. xás káruk u'árihroov.
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  24. yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    He went far upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  25. vúra vaa u'árihroovutih.
    He was going upriver that way.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  26. chí kan'árihroovi."
    Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  27. xás pihnêefich káruk u'árihroov, kahyúras tuvâaram.
    So Coyote went upriver, he was going to Klamath Lakes.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  28. xás u'árihroovutih.
    So he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  29. vúra yíiv tu'árihroov.
    He went upriver a long ways.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  30. xás pihnêefich uum tá íp káruk u'árihroovat.
    And Coyote went upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  31. pihnêefich káan u'árihroovutih.
    Coyote was going upriver there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  32. axmáy ithyáruk úskaakroov, upihnêefhitih.
    Suddenly he jumped upriverward across-river, he gave a coyote-howl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  33. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  34. pihnêefich káruk u'árihroovutih.
    Coyote was going upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  35. xás chavúra yiiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  36. púyava upárihroov.
    Then he went on upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  37. káruk u'árihroov.
    He went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  38. xás kúkuum u'árihroov.
    Then he went upriver again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text
  39. kunpiip, " xâatik ápap yúruk uvuunúpahitih, káru ápap káruk uvuunôovutih.
    (The gods) said, "Let (the river) flow downstream on one side, and flow upstream on the other side.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  40. ithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh, uthívruuhrooveesh káru, káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha.
    They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  41. vaa uum vúra káan ifmaarápiit kamíktaatroovutih, káruk uvítroovutih."
    Let the new married man push his way upstream there, (when) he is traveling upstream."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  42. xás pakéevniikich upíip " sáruk áama úkuroovuti.
    And the old woman said, "Downhill a salmon is lying, head upstream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  43. " yée naa apsunxára káan úkuroovutih."
    "Say, a long snake is lying there, head upstream."
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-18) | read full text
  44. xás u'árihroov.
    Then (Weasel) went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  45. káruk u'árihroov.
    He went upriver.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  46. xás upikvíriproov.
    Then she ran back upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-23) | read full text
  47. xás káruk kunítroovutih.
    And they looked upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  48. kúkuum kunpítroovutih.
    They looked upriver again.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  49. xás káruk tuthítiimnoov póoxruunhitih.
    Then he heard her growling from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  50. kúkuum vúra imáan káruk tá kunítroovutih.
    Again the next day they looked upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  51. xás káruk útroovutih, axmay u'árihvarak.
    Then he looked upriver, suddenly (Grizzly) came down.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  52. káruk u'árihroonatih.
    He kept going upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  53. ithyarukpíhriiv u'árihroov, uxus, " tîi káruk kanvâarami."
    Across-the-Water Widower went upriver, he thought, "Let me go upriver!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  54. xás kári chavúra yíiv káruk tu'árihroov.
    And finally he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  55. xás u'árihroov ithyarukpíhriiv.
    Then Across-the-Water Widower went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  56. xás u'árihroov.
    And he went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  57. chavúra tá yíiv káruk u'árihroov.
    Finally, he went a long ways upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Creation of Eels" (WB_KL-41) | read full text
  58. káruk útroovutih.
    He looked upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  59. vúra táayva kunvíkroon icháaniich.
    They wove several strands at one time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text
  60. xás upikvíriproov.
    So he ran back upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  61. xás kunípviitroov.
    So they paddled back upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  62. káruk kunítroovutih.
    And they looked upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  63. víri kún tá kunpáchakroov pamukúnpaah.
    There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  64. xás vúrava uviitróov.
    So he paddled upriver like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  65. xás kunítroovutih.
    Then they looked upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  66. xás upíkvaatsip, xás kunpávyiihroov.
    And he picked it up, and they went upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  67. xás poo'árihroov kích poopíti " rúup, rúup."
    So as he went upriver he was saying nothing but "rúup, rúup."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "How the Rube Family Was Named" (WB_KL-66) | read full text
  68. káruk tóo ptâatroov.
    He tossed it back upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  69. káruk tóo tâatroov.
    He tossed it upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  70. xás payu'kúkam uumkun káruk tá kunithvíriproov.
    Then the ones on the downriver end ran up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text
  71. xás tá ivshá'kukamich tutaxáraaproov.
    Then he strode upriverward, just downhill from the house.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pikiawish at Katimin" (WB_KL-83) | read full text
  72. imáankam xumvaroovyúrukam kúna kunishríveesh.
    The next day they shot at targets on a height downriver from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  73. xás vaa yíiv yúruk xumvaroomáruk áhkaam tóo kyav.
    And he made a big fire far downriver, uphill from xumvároov.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  74. káruk yíiv ikhurôok tu'árihroov.
    He walked far upriver on an upriver-pointing ridge.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  75. púyava panipkárahaak payêem káruk kúna ni'árihroovish, niptakníhareesh.
    When I go back across-river now, I'll go upriver, I'll go drive back.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Blow-out" (WB_KL-91) | read full text