Ararahih'urípih
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pitvâavraa to look back over one's shoulder

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lexicon ID #5033 | revised Apr 26 2005

pitvâavraa • V • to look back over one's shoulder

  • xás upitvâavraa, yánava taná'iinka. Then he looked back over his shoulder, and he saw that he was on fire. [Reference: WB T4.46]

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  1. xás upitvâavraa.
    He looked back over (his shoulder).
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote's Journey" (WB_KL-04) | read full text