Ararahih'urípih
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ikfúkuvraa to climb over

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #1781 | revised Nov 05 2014

ikfúkuvraa • V • to climb over

Derivation:  ikfuk-vraa
climb-over

Source: WB files

  • víri poopikfúkuvraa, víri xánahich vúra uhyárih. So, when he climbs over (the top of Etna Mountain), he just stands there a while. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 233]
  • pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah. When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge). [Reference: WB 12: Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun 005]

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  1. viri kúna vúra ithyárukirukam kumavîitkir chími ukfúkuvravish.
    He was about to climb over the ridge on the other side of the creek.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. kári xás máruk níkfuukraa, chavúra máruk ípan nikfúkuvraa.
    Then I climbed uphill and finally I climbed over the hill top.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. pa'ávansa máruk tóo kfúkuraa.
    The man went uphill.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  4. naa káru máruk tá nikfúkuraa.
    I walked uphill too.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
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  5. xás vúra vaa sáruk ukfukúraa.
    And he climbed all the way back up from downhill.
    Source: Vina Smith, I'll Never Forget Those Days (VS-22) | read full text
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  6. yáxa máruk tóo kfúkuvraa.
    Look, he climbed up there.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about rocks and trees. (VS-34a) | read full text
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  7. pookfúkuvraa, yánava ithyáruk xás tuváruprav pakúusrah.
    When he climbed up over (the ridge), he saw the sun was rising across (above the next ridge).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote Tries to Reach the Sun" (WB_KL-12) | read full text

  8. tishravará'iivreer tupikfúkuvraa.
    He came over Etna Mountain.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  9. chavúra vaa káan úum máruk ukfúkuvraa.
    Then he had gotten there, up on top of the hill.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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