Ararahih'urípih
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ihmar / ihmára- (plural) to run (used of salmon, as well as of creatures with legs)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1551 | revised Oct 31 2014

ihmar / ihmára- • V • (plural) to run (used of salmon, as well as of creatures with legs)

Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Note: Cf. ikvip '(sg.) to run', ithvip '(two) to run'.

  • chími nukôohi panuhmárati. Let's stop running! [Reference: KV]

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  1. îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathunanaatih, xás vúra vaa káan kuniksháahtih.
    The kids are all running around outside, they are happy out there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  2. îikam paaxíitichas kunihmárathununaatih, xas vúra koovúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih.
    The kids are running around outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  3. pûuhara, naa nixúti îikam vúra káan kunihmárathununaatih, xás koovúra vaa vúra yáv kunipmahóonkoonatih.
    No, I think they are running around there outside, they are all feeling happy.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about looking and feeling a certain way (VS-32) | read full text
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  4. kári xás pamukuntáyiith kunipsháansiip, kunpíhmar.
    Then they carried off their brodiaeas, they ran home.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Story of Skunk" (WB_KL-46) | read full text

  5. káan ník kunpihmáriroopithva, páy nanu'ávahkam.
    They ran around there in the sky.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Deer-hunting Medicine" (WB_KL-53) | read full text

  6. pa'ápsuun ithyáruk kuníshkaakaraanik, xás paaxíich tá kun'áathva, xás kuníhmar.
    The snakes have jumped across, and the children are afraid, and they ran.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text