Ararahih'urípih
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páramsip / páramsipriv- to start going back

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lexicon ID #4560 | revised Oct 31 2014

páramsip / páramsipriv- • V • to start going back

  • uum vúra vaa káan uparamsîipreenik. He had started out from there anciently. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 292]

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  1. víri xáat ithivthaneen'ípan ti'íipma, vaa káan iparamsíipreevish.
    You may go to the end of the earth, (but) you will come back from there.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  2. vaa vúra káan uparamsíipreevish, xáat káru ithivthaneen'ípan tu'íipma."
    He will come back from there, (though) he may have gone to the end of the earth."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text