Ararahih'urípih
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iyvôoruraa woodpile

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3639 | revised Apr 20 2015

iyvôoruraa N • woodpile

Literally: 'piling up'

Derivation iyvôoraa-a  (= iyvay-uraa-a)
put.acorns.up-DEVERB  (= pour-up-DEVERB)

Source: WB 831.2, p.357

Note: Equiv. to iyvôor.

  • kári xás á' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraak. And then she climbed up on the woodpile. [Reference: WB T64.12]


Sentence examples (2)


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  1. kári xás á' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraak.
    Then he crawled up on the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-05) | read full text
  2. kári xás a' uvôoruraa iyvôoruraa.
    Then she crawled up onto the woodpile.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Devil and the Girl" (WB_KL-64) | read full text