Ararahih'urípih
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ithyáruk across, esp. across-river

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lexicon ID #3343 | revised Apr 21 2015

ithyáruk ADV • across, esp. across-river

Derivatives (7)
ithyárukha "to cross (water), to go across-river"
ithyarukiráastiip "the opposite shore"
ithyárukirakam "across-stream"
ithyárukiram "the opposite shore"
ithyarukiráviitkir "opposite ridge"
ithyárukirukam "on the other side of the river"
ithyarukpíhriiv "Across-the-Water Widower, a mythical personage"

Source: WB 784.1, p.355

  • xás kúkuum tanipûuvrin, xás ithyáruk tani'íshipkar. Then I turn (the basket) over again, and I run (the pineroot) across. [Reference: TK 111.4]
  • xás ithyáruk kun'irúkar. And they crossed over the river. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 054]


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  1. kunípaanik koovúra yúruk ithyáruk kunipkêevishrihanik.
    People used to say that they [the Salmon] were all transformed in the land across the sea.
    Source: Yaas, "How Fish were Transformed" (JPH_KT-07) | read full text
  2. ithyáruk tá nivâaram.
    I'm going across the river.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  3. ithyáruk tá níkpuuhkar.
    I'm swimming across the river.
    Source: Lucille Albers, Sentences about animals, insects, and going places (LA-04) | read full text
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  4. ithyáruk papúufich tá nimah.
    I see a deer across the river.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. ithyáruk tá nimah papúufich.
    I see a deer across the river.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  6. Ithyáruk xás ukûuntakoo paxanchíifich.
    And across, the frog is sitting down.
    Source: Vina Smith, Avansáxiich káru Chishíih káru Xanchíifich (VS-19) | read full text
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  7. chavúra umáh yánava ithyáruk ukúripaahiti itháriip.
    Finally he saw it, he saw a fir tree lying fallen out across-stream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text
  8. páahak úskaakramnih, xás ithyáruk uvíitkar.
    He jumped into a boat, and he paddled across-river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  9. xás axmáy ithyáruk má' pihnêefich ukpêehva " shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    And suddenly across river in the mountains, Coyote hollered "shúuuuuhuuuuu."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to a War Dance" (WB_KL-06) | read full text
  10. xás ithyáruk uchíivship.
    And he came up on the other side.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  11. xás peethyáruk kunitkárati axmáy úmkuufha kufípriik.
    And when they looked across-river, suddenly there was smoke in the willow-grove.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  12. kári xás axmáy vúra pa'asiktávaan upiip " yáxa, ee! yáxa ithyáruk."
    Then suddenly one woman said, "Look, oh look across-river!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  13. axmáy ithyáruk úskaakroov, upihnêefhitih.
    Suddenly he jumped upriverward across-river, he gave a coyote-howl.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  14. hínu páy uum ithyáruk tóo kvíriproov, káruma uum kunxútih " tóo síinvar."
    There he ran upriverward across-river; the fact was, they thought he had drowned.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote as Doctor" (WB_KL-11) | read full text
  15. 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
  16. ithyáruk kúna úpviitrooveesh, uthívruuhrooveesh káru, káruk uvuunôovahiti pa'íshaha.
    They would travel back upstream on the other side, they would float upstream also, the water was flowing upstream.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote As Lawmaker" (WB_KL-15) | read full text
  17. ithyáruk pootkáratih yánava pavuhvúha tu'íshipva, uthítiimti pakuníhyiivtih.
    When she looked across-river, she saw the jump dance lining up, she heard them shouting.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  18. xás ithyáruk kunitkáratih.
    Then they looked across-river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  19. xás kári upíip " pananípshii ithyáruk nipiivkáreesh.
    And he said, "I'll just put my leg out across-river.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  20. ithyáruk u'uhyanárahitih.
    There was talking across-stream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  21. vúrava ithyáruk u'uhyanárahitih.
    There was talking across-stream.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text
  22. yúruk ithyáruk víri káan kun'íin pamihrôohas.
    Your wives are there on the other side of the ocean.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  23. yúruk ithyáruk káan xás kun'iruvárupmanik.
    They arrived downriver there to the other side of the ocean.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text
  24. xás ithâan kumamáh'iit uxus, " ithyáruk kanvâarami.
    And one morning he thought, "Let me go across-river!
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  25. xás uxus, " tîi ithyáruk kanpimúsan pa'ifápiit."
    He thought, "Let me go across to see the girl again!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  26. xás uxus, " tîi ithyáruk patapríha'ifápiit kanimúsan."
    And he thought, "Let me go across river to see the patapríhak girl!"
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text
  27. xás kári koovúra tá kunpáatvunaa, xás páahak tá kunvíitkar ithyáruk pafatavéenaan.
    And everybody bathed, and they rowed the priest across-river in a boat.
    Source: Maggie Charley, "The Pikiawish at Clear Creek" (WB_KL-84) | read full text
  28. pa'ápsuun ithyáruk kuníshkaakaraanik, xás paaxíich tá kun'áathva, xás kuníhmar.
    The snakes have jumped across, and the children are afraid, and they ran.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  29. yítha ithyáruk úksuupkaratih.
    One is pointing across-stream.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  30. pa'ithyárukam tá pácheech.
    The one across-stream is alone by now.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  31. yée yáxa ithyáruk xás uvásip pakúusrah.
    There was the sun coming up from across (the next hill).
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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  32. kúkuum ithyáruk xás tuváasip pakúusrah.
    Then the sun rose across from him again.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote and the Sun" (WB_LA78.1-016b) | read full text
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