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íkhuroov / íkhuroovu- to be pointing upriver
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lexicon ID #1806 | revised Nov 05 2014
íkhuroov / íkhuroovu- • V • to be pointing upriver
| Derivation: | íku-roov |
| point.(in.direction)-upriverward.from.here |
Derivatives (2)
íkhuroov "ridge running upriver"
ikhuroovaxára "name of a ridge above Camp Creek"
Source: WB 520.4, p.341
- káruk taníkhuroov I lie with my head upriver. [Reference: KV]
- sáruk áama úkhuroovuti. Downhill a salmon is lying, head upstream. [Reference: WB 18: The Perils of Weasel 038]
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