Ararahih'urípih
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ivrárasur / ivrárasuru- (pl.) to fall off

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lexicon ID #3467 | revised Feb 18 2015

ivrárasur / ivrárasuru- V • (pl.) to fall off

Derivation ivrar-sur
fall.(pl.)-off

Source: WB 794, p.356

  • pásaan takunivrárasuruti. The leaves are already falling off. [Reference: KV]
  • xás pookréemya pa'áptiik koovúra uvrárasur. And when it blew, the branches all fell off. [Reference: WB 20: The Perils of Weasel 3: 032]


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  1. pamupírish vúra pu'ivrárasurutihara, sákriivsha pamúpsii, ípam kunish pamupirish'ápsii, xákaan u'ifshúrootihirak sákriivsha.
    The leaves do not fall off, they are tough leaf-stemmed, thier leaves are like sinew, where the leaves grow off [from the stem] is tough.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Leaf (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.h) | read full text
  2. tóo vrárasur pamuthríha.
    Its flowers are falling off.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  3. áapun tóo vrárasur.
    They are falling to the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  4. tóo vrarasuráffip.
    They have finished falling off already.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, Phases of Flowering (JPH_TKIC-III.5.A.j.a1') | read full text
  5. xás pookréemya pa'áptiik koovúra uvrárasur.
    And when it blew, the branches all fell off.
    Source: Daisy Jones, "The Perils of Weasel" (WB_KL-20) | read full text
  6. xás patóo mtúpahaak paxuntápan kunivrarasúrootih.
    And when they were ripe, the acorns fell off.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text
  7. xás pa'áfrii tóo vrárasur.
    And the coarse meal fell away.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Making Acorn Soup" (WB_KL-73) | read full text