Ararahih'urípih
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ikvúruvreerak a placename on Orleans Mountain

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lexicon ID #2224 | revised Apr 06 2016

ikvúruvreerak • N • a placename on Orleans Mountain

Literally: 'struggling-up-over place'

Derivation:  ikvúruvraa-irak  (= ikvur-vraa-irak)
struggle.up.over-where  (= ikvur-over-where)

  • víri uum vúra pookvúruvraa, ikvúruvreerak. She just struggled up over to Struggling-Up-Over-Place. [Reference: KS 25. Orleans Maiden 056]