Ararahih'urípih
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-varak down from upriver

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lexicon ID #6435 | revised Aug 24 2005

-varak SUFF • down from upriver

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Source: WB G753.33


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  1. xás papúufich tóo kpúuhvarak.
    Then he swam the deer downriver.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  2. xás ukpúuhvarak kúkuum.
    Then he swam it down from upriver again.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text
  3. aayâach kun'ixviphûunishti íp pa'úthvoonhitihat va'íhuk, tá kun'ithyúruvarak, pamútraax kich kun'áaphutih.
    That was because they were mad at him because he had wanted to dance. They they dragged him down, they were just carrying him (by) the arms".
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text
  4. hínupa vúra uum vaa tóo pthívruhvarak.
    He floated down the river.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  5. chavúra tá yiiv tóo pthívruhvarak.
    He floated a long ways down.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text
  6. sáruk peeshkêesh uvuunváraktih.
    Downhill the river was flowing downriverward.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  7. vúra vaa sáruk uvuunváraktih peeshkéesh.
    Downhill the river was flowing downriverward like that.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  8. chavúra tá yíiv tóo pthívruuhvarak.
    Finally he floated a long ways downriver back to here.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  9. chavúra ôok ithivthaanéen'aachip tóo pthívruuhvarak.
    Finally he floated back downriver here to the center of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  10. kári xás uthívruuhvarak.
    And he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-01) | read full text
  11. ikxúrar tóo kxánamhach, púyava tá kunvítvarakva, páahak sú' tá kun'írunaa.
    It was just getting dark in the evening, then they paddled down from upriver, they traveled in boats.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  12. kúkuum vúra imáan tá kunívyiihvarak.
    Again the next day they came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text
  13. ta'ítam upthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated back down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  14. xás yítha upíip " ooo! yáxa kóo ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak."
    And one said, "Oh, look, such a pretty stick has floated down from upstream!"
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  15. xás uthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  16. púyava tá kunmah, pa'ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak.
    Then they saw it, the pretty stick floating down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  17. xás tá kunpíip " yáxa pa'ahupyâamach tuthívruuhvarak.
    And they said, "Look at the pretty stick floating down!
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  18. xás vúra tuthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text
  19. kári xás upthívruuhvarak.
    So he floated back down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  20. kári xás kunmah, tuthívruuhvarak pa'ahupyâamach.
    And they saw it, the pretty stick floated down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  21. kári xás thúfip mumáruk tóo kvíripvarak.
    Then he ran down from upriver, to a place uphill from Requa.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  22. kári xás kunihmáravarak pa'îin kun'áharamutih.
    And the ones chasing him ran down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  23. kári xás vaa káan xás utníshukva tée p u'aramsîiprihvarak.
    And when he looked out there, he had already come down from upriver.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  24. xás patishanihyûum ukvíriprup víri kúna kâam pa'îin kun'áharamuti tá kunihmáravarak.
    And when he ran downriver from tishániik, the ones following him were running down just upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  25. nimáheesh poo'árihvarakahaak."
    I'll see him when he comes down from upriver."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  26. axmáy u'árihvarak.
    Suddenly (the person) came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text
  27. xás ôok vúra koovúra tá kunpihmáravarak.
    And they all ran down from upriver to here.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  28. xás tá kun'íihvarak.
    Then they danced down from upriver.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  29. vúra vaa áachip tá kun'íihvarak.
    They danced down from upriver that way to the middle (of their course).
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text
  30. víri kúna káruk ukvíripvarak.
    She in her turn was running down from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  31. víri kúna kukâam tóo kvíripvarak.
    (Bear) in turn was running down from close upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  32. xás kári axmáy káruk ára u'árihvarak.
    And suddenly a person came down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  33. vaa vúra kúkuum tu'árihvarak.
    She came down from upriver like that again.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  34. hínupa papirishkâarim poo'arihvárakvutih.
    There it was Grizzly Bear that was coming down from upriver.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  35. 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
  36. chavúra ithivthaneen'achipkâam tu'árihvarak.
    Finally he was coming down from upriver, just upstream of the middle of the world.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  37. axmáy kunithvíripvarak peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran down from upriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text
  38. xás uviitvárak.
    So he paddled down from upstream.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  39. xás vúra mah'íitnihach pishíich u'imkatáxrahvarak.
    And (when she looked) the light was first coming down from upriver, early in the morning.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text
  40. xás uumkun káru ka'kúkam tá kunithvíripvarak.
    Then the ones on the upriver end ran down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text