Ararahih'urípih
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vuraa to climb up

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #6676 | revised Jan 22 2016

vuraa • V • to climb up

Derivation:  va-uraa
go-up

Derivatives (4)
inakvúraakir "plank ladder, used in living house"
taskaravúraakir "(multi-)pole ladder, used in sweathouse"
vúnahich "recovered (from illness)"
vuráakir "ladder, stairway"

Source: WB 1513.13, p.393

  • á' íp uvuráat. He climbed upward. [Reference: KV]

Sentence examples (8)

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  1. kári xás vaa yánava pamukunvuráakir tu'ávaheen.
    And he saw (Coyote) had eaten their ladder.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote's Homecoming" (WB_KL-02) | read full text

  2. vuraakirasúruk vúra úkrii.
    He stayed underneath the ladder (leading into the house).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  3. kári xás uthítiimtih, pavuraakirasúruk ikrêen paniinamichtâapas.
    And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text

  4. vuraakira'ípan ukûuntakiishrih.
    He sat down on top of the ladder.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. xás vuráakir u'íihya, xás vaa káan pakunvóoruniihvutih.
    And a ladder stood (there), and they crawled down (into the house) on that.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  6. pavuráakir uum vúra ípaha pookyâarahitih.
    The ladder was made of a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Sweathouse" (WB_KL-76) | read full text

  7. xás vuráakir u'íihya vaa káan iinâak.
    And a ladder stood there inside.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Living-house" (WB_KL-77) | read full text

  8. payôok ávansa vuraakírak uvôoruraatih, úmkaanvutih.
    Here a man is climbing on a ladder, he is picking apples.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text