Ararahih'urípih
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ithyúrunih to drag down from uphill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3370 | revised Feb 17 2015

ithyúrunih • V • to drag down from uphill

Derivation:  ithyur-unih
drag-down

  • kári xás sáruk nithyúrunih. And then I dragged it downhill. [Reference: DF 07: A Hunting Story 044]

Sentence examples (4)


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  1. kári xás sáruk nithyúrunih.
    After that I just dragged it down the hill.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  2. tá nithyúrunih, tá puna'íithvutihara.
    I dragged it, I didn't try to pack it anymore.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  3. kári xás ta'ítam kúkuum nipithyúrusipreeheen sáruk nipithyúrunih.
    Again I started to drag it. I dragged it down the hill.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "A Hunting Yarn" (DAF_KT-05c) | read full text

  4. xás ta'ítam kunpithyúruniheen.
    And so they hauled (the string) back down.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text