Ararahih'urípih
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ithvíripraa (two) to run up from downriver

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lexicon ID #3310 | revised Feb 12 2015

ithvíripraa • V • (two) to run up from downriver

Derivation:  ithvip-raa
(two).run-here

  • axmáy yúruk kunithvíripraa peekareeyav'ifápiitichas, vúrava kun'áharamuti. Suddenly the two spirit girls ran up from downriver, they were chasing him that way. [Reference: WB 51.43]

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  1. axmáy yúruk kunithvíripraa peekxareeyav'ifápiitichas.
    Suddenly the spirit girls ran up from downriver.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Love Medicine" (WB_KL-51) | read full text

  2. púyava xás uumkun yu'kúkamkam pa'ávansas tá kunithvíripraa.
    Then the men on the downriver end ran up.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text