Ararahih'urípih
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kaanvárih in that direction

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3674 | revised Mar 02 2015

kaanvárih • ADV • in that direction

Derivation:  kaan-varih
there-toward

  • chavúra kaanvárih uthívruuhma. Finally he floated in that direction. [Reference: WB T3.49]
  • vaa peeheerayêepsha kaanvárih. They're good tobacco (leaves) on that side. [Reference: TK 54.7]

Sentence examples (8)


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  1. chavúra kaanvári uthívruuhma.
    Finally he floated to that vicinity.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-03) | read full text

  2. xás kaanvári kunihmárava, yánava ukrámkaam u'íithra.
    Then they ran there, they saw a big lake lying.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. kári xás pá'aah kaanvárih u'uum.
    Then Fire arrived close to there.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Victory Over Fire" (WB_KL-45) | read full text

  4. víriva kaanvári tá nipitvâamnuk peeshkêesh usaamvárak.
    I look down over (the bank) there where the river flows down from upstream.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  5. káru kaanvári tá níkfuukraa.
    And I climb up there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  6. xurishaxara'ifápiit pamúkuraa kaanvári tá níkfuukraa.
    I climb up there on the Ridge of Long Acorn-Meats Young-Woman.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "The Origin of the Pikiawish" (WB_KL-47) | read full text

  7. chavúra kaanvári u'uum.
    Finally (the person) arrived there.
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text

  8. xás uxus, " kaanvári niptaxarápishriheesh nanitaxyêemak."
    And he thought, "I'll stride back there into my yard."
    Source: Chester Pepper, "Medicine for the Return of Wives" (WB_KL-52) | read full text