Ararahih'urípih
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ikvíripma / ikvíripmu- to run to (a destination)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #2203 | revised Nov 12 2014

ikvíripma / ikvíripmu- V • to run to (a destination)

Derivation ikvip-ma
run-to

Source: KV

  • tuyshípreek kúuk ikvíripmi. Run to the hill! [Reference: KM 24.38]
  • kári xás tárupak kúna kúuk ukvíripma. Then Grizzly ran over to the hatch door. [Reference: KS44. Grizzly and hazelnuts 035]


Sentence examples (6)


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  1. chavúra xôoxhirak ukvíripmanik.
    Then he ran as far as Martin's Ferry.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text
  2. iinâak tukvíripma.
    He is running into the house.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sentences about spatial relations (VS-13) | read full text
    Spoken by Vina Smith | Download | Play
  3. xás yurúkthuuf pookvíripma xás " nani'ífuth thúfkaam kam'árihish."
    And when he ran to Bluff Creek, then (he said) "Let it become a big creek behind me!"
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  4. xás xôoxhirak ukvíripma.
    And he ran to Martin's Ferry.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  5. paxuntápan kunífiktih, kúuk tóo kvíripma, xás koovúra tu'ífik píshiip.
    When they picked acorns, she would run there, and she would pick them all first.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  6. xás sáruk astíip kúuk ukvíripma.
    And she ran down to the river-bank.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text