Ararahih'urípih
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by William Bright and Susan Gehr (© Karuk Tribe)

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itvûunih to look down from a height; to look down from uphill

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3437 | revised Aug 18 2015

itvûunih • V • to look down from a height; to look down from uphill

Derivation:  itvûu-unih  (= it-vuu-unih)
look.toward-down  (= look vuu-down)

  • utvûunihti. He's looking down (from a height, or down from uphill) [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás utvûunih. And he looked down. [Reference: WB T9. Coyote Goes to the Sky 044]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. kári xás utvûunih.
    And he looked down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text

  2. kári xás utvûunih.
    And he looked down.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Trades Songs and Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-09) | read full text