Ararahih'urípih
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kûukam in that direction, in that way

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #4078 | revised Aug 07 2015

kûukam • ADV • in that direction, in that way

Derivation:  kuuk-kam
to.there-side

Source: WB 912.1, p.358

  • xás kúkuum vaa vúra káan u'ípahoo míta kûukam u'arávuukat. And again she went back there the way she had come. [Reference: WB T16.26]
  • payêem vúra vaa hitíhaan vaa kûumkam u'ávahkamhiti. The side that is up now is going to be the top of the basket. [Reference: TK 111.14]

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xas papúufich tá kunthathyúrufurukva ma' kûukam.
    Then they dragged in the deer through the hole in the wall at the back of the house.
    Source: Margaret Harrie, "The Ten Young Men who Became the Pleiades" (DAF_KT-02) | read full text

  2. xás kúkuum vaa vúra káan u'ípahoo míta kûukam u'arávuukat.
    And she traveled again the way she had come there.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Marries His Own Daughter" (WB_KL-16) | read full text