Ararahih'urípih
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iyvúruk to rub (something) on, to apply (medicine)

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3642 | revised Nov 07 2005

iyvúruk • V • to rub (something) on, to apply (medicine)

Derivative (1)
iyvúrukaha "paint"

Source: WB 833, p.357

  • axváha uyvúrukti. He's putting pitch on it. [Reference: JPH mat 07:244]
  • koovúra uyvúrukahiti papufich'ánav. Everything was rubbed with the deer medicine. [Reference: WB T70:13]

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  1. kári xás pakunípthith kári xás axváha kuniyvúruk.
    And when they finished weaving, they smeared it with pitch.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Flood" (WB_KL-56) | read full text

  2. kári xás kinipéer, " pa'áraar tu'ívahaak, vaa ík apmántiim kuyvúruktiheesh.
    And they were told, "When a person dies, you must rub this on his lips.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  3. xás uyvúrukti sakankooréekpat.
    And she rubbed deer’s leg-bone marrow on him.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  4. púyava vaa ithahárinay tóo yvúruk péekpat.
    So she rubbed marrow on him for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text

  5. koovúra uyvúrukahiti papufich'ánav.
    They rubbed deer medicine on everything.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  6. víriva máh'iit patá kuntátapvanva víri vaa ukupítih pamukunchíshiih, víri koovúra pamukunchíshii ánav tá kuniyvúrukva.
    When they went trapping in the morning, their dogs would do this, they would all be rubbed with medicine.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Deer Hunting" (WB_KL-70) | read full text

  7. xás amyiv káru athkúrit ta kuníyshar, xás vaa tá kuniyvúruk pathúkinhak.
    Then they mixed soot and grease, and they rubbed it on the tattoo.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Tattoos" (WB_KL-87) | read full text