Ararahih'urípih
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ixrúunha / ixrúunhi- to growl

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lexicon ID #3526 | revised Aug 27 2015

ixrúunha / ixrúunhi- • V • to growl

Derivation:  ixrúun-ha
ixrúun-DENOM

Source: WB 809, p.356

  • páchishiih úxruunhiti. The dog is growling. [Reference: KV]
  • xás chí axmáy úxruunha, xás nixus, pakéevriiksahan xás vúra hôoyvariva. And suddenly (something) growled, and I thought, "The old woman (the mother coyote) is somewhere here." [Reference: DF 06: The Coyote Pups 013]

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  1. xas chí'axmay uxrúunha xas nixús " pakéevriikshahan xas vúra hôoyvarihva vúra."
    I heard a growl. I thought it must be the mother, but I didn't know where the sound came from.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  2. yánava váa kaan su pa'úxruunhitih.
    And the growling came from inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  3. súva su’ kuníxruunhitih.
    I could hear them growling.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  4. kári xas kárivarih sú' kuníxruunhitih.
    The rest were growling inside.
    Source: Benonie Harrie, "Coyote Pups" (DAF_KT-05a) | read full text

  5. vírusur uum taay pooxrúunhatih.
    The bear is growling a lot.
    Source: Vina Smith, Sonny Davis, Sentences about perception, animals, verb tenses (SD-VS-01) | read full text
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  6. xás káruk tuthítiimnoov póoxruunhitih.
    Then he heard her growling from upriver.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text