Ararahih'urípih
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ithyur / ithyuru- to drag, to pull, to haul

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3378 | revised Oct 31 2014

ithyur / ithyuru- • V • to drag, to pull, to haul

Derivatives (20; show derivatives)

Source: WB 787, p.355; JPH ani 06:861

  • tanithyúruti, tapuvúra ná'iithvutihara. I was dragging it, I couldn't carry it. [Reference: DF 07: A Hunting Story 045]
  • pâanpay vúra takunithyúruti. Finally they were dragging him. [Reference: WB 22: Old Man Turtle 021]

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  1. xás sáruk tóo thyúrufak ástiip.
    Then he dragged it downhill to the riverbank.
    Source: Mrs. Bennett, "Screech Owl and Coyote" (ALK_14-35) | read full text

  2. vaa vúra ník kun'áapunmutihanik káru, vaa uum yáv papírish ávahkam kunithyúruthunatihaak patá kunpúhthaampimarahaak.
    They also knew that it was good to drag a bush around on the top after sowing.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Practices Bordering on a Knowledge of Tillage (JPH_TKIC-IV.5) | read full text

  3. nithyúrutih pananíthyur.
    I am driving my car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
    Spoken by Sonny Davis | Download | Play

  4. nithyúritih peethyur.
    I am driving the car.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about driving and directions (SD-VS-02) | read full text
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  5. xás káan nikmárihivrik pihnîich wagon áxak padonkey kunithyúruti.
    And I met him, an old man, two donkeys were pulling a wagon.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet's Picture (VSu-02) | read full text
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  6. ta'ítam sáruk tanuthyúrufak.
    Then we dragged them downhill.
    Source: Violet Super, Violet Working (VSu-04) | read full text

  7. xás yánava vúra tá kunithyúrutih.
    And they saw they were just dragging him.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  8. pâanpay vúra tá kunithyúrutih.
    Finally they were dragging him.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text