Ararahih'urípih
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-vrath over; into a sweathouse

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6628 | revised Mar 27 2008

-vrath • SUFF • over; into a sweathouse

Derivatives (14; show derivatives)

  • ikyiv > ikyívivrath to fall > to fall into a sweathouse, or (said of the tossel in stick game) to fall over (the goal line) [Reference: G753.36]

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  1. ta'ítam vaa káan su' u'árihivrathaheen.
    Then he jumped inside of it there.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. xás ikmaháchraam upvôoruvrath.
    And (one) went back into the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  3. kári xás kúkuum koovúra tá kunivráravrath.
    And all of them successively fell into the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  4. kúkuum vúra vaa kári tá kunpavyíhivrath.
    Again they went back to the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  5. axmáy vúra yítha ukyívivrath.
    Suddenly one fell in.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  6. xás upiip, " yée naa, pihnêefich tuvôoruvrathaheen.
    And he said, "Well, Coyote has come into the sweathouse.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (second telling) (WB_KL-02a) | read full text
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  7. xás utvâamnath.
    So he looked inside.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  8. xás uvôoruvrath pihnêefich.
    So Coyote crawled in.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  9. ith'áraan ník kúna tóo pvôoruvrath, kunithyivúniihvutih.
    (As) each person crawled in, they fell down.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  10. xás kunihyívraathva ikmaháchraam.
    And they shouted into the sweathouse.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text

  11. púyava hâari vúra pu'ikyívivrathtihara.
    Sometimes (the tossel) didn't fall over (the goal line).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text