Ararahih'urípih
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itnûupnih to look through

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3404 | revised Feb 22 2015

itnûupnih • V • to look through Variant: itnúuprih.

Derivation:  it-ruprih
look-in.through

Source: WB 747.4, 353

  • kúkuum axmáy ára utnûupnih tárupakam. Again someone suddently looked through the sweathouse hatchway. [Reference: KM 9.12]

Sentence examples (6)


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  1. chími axmay ára utnûupni.
    Then all at once some one looked in.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Attends a Flower Dance at Orleans" (JPH_KIM-08) | read full text

  2. xás uxus: " ti kanítnuupnihi'."
    He thought: "I am going to look in!"
    Source: Fritz Hansen, "Coyote Falls through the Living-House Roof Hole" (JPH_KT-12) | read full text

  3. xás utnûuprih.
    And he looked through.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  4. xás póo'uum, chanchaaksúrak utnûupnih.
    And when he arrived, he looked in through the smokehole.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text

  5. vúra hâari tóosíinvar, hâari tá pupitnúprihvara.
    Sometimes he drowns, sometimes he doesn’t come back up.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  6. hínupa vaa káan utnûuprihti yítha pa'apurúvaan.
    There was a certain devil peeking through there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil Who Died Laughing" (WB_KL-63) | read full text