Ararahih'urípih
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ixyáfak / ixyáfaku- to throw (pl. objects) down from uphill

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lexicon ID #3549 | revised Feb 20 2015

ixyáfak / ixyáfaku- • V • to throw (pl. objects) down from uphill

Derivation:  ixya-fak
throw.(pl.)-from.uphill

  • kári xás upitítit pamúsaanva, xás sáruk uxyáfakoo. Then (Coyote) tore up all his clothes, and he threw them all downhill. [Reference: WB 5.6]

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  1. xás sáruk uxyáfakoo.
    And he threw them downhill.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text

  2. kári xás upititítit pamúsaanva, xás sáruk uxyáfakoo.
    So he tore up his clothes, and he threw them downhill.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text