Ararahih'urípih
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pêethkiv to take back out (through a door)

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lexicon ID #4746 | revised Feb 21 2005

pêethkiv • V • to take back out (through a door)

  • vúra uum yâamahukach chími nupêethkiv. It was easy to take her back out. [Reference: KT129.20 (also 129.34)]

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  1. xás kunpíip " pa'avansáxiich káan tá kun'íihmahaak ík kári kupêethkeevish."
    And they said, "When the boys dance to there, you people must pull them out."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Goes to the Sky" (WB_KL-08) | read full text

  2. xás kári pihnêefich upiip, " naa xâatik nivâaram, pá'aah nipêethkiv."
    So Coyote said, "Let me go, I'll take the fire away again."
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text

  3. ta'ítam upêethkeeheen.
    So they took her away.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text