Ararahih'urípih
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puraan each other

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5101 | revised Aug 01 2005

puraan • PRON • each other

Derivative (1)
puraanmásva "by turns, taking turns"

Source: WB 1178, p.376

  • puráan kuntákaamti, puráan kunipêenti ... They were laughing at each other, they were saying to each other ... [Reference: KS38. Mice story 010]
  • puráan kích kunpímuusti. They were just looking at each other. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 024]

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  1. xás púraan tá kun'êe pa'áhup, kuníkshaahtih: "if yâamachich pa'áhup!"
    They handed the wood to each other, they were laughing: "What nice wood!"
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  2. xás puráan kunpímuustih, pa'ifápiitichas.
    Then they looked at each other, those young girls did.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  3. xás papuráan kunpímuustih.
    They they looked at each other.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "Coyote Starts for Klamath Lakes, East Roasted Grasshoppers, Floats Down River and Marries Two Girls" (JPH_KT-05) | read full text

  4. káruma ôok ithivthanéen'aachip xasík xákaan puráan kunipmáheesh.
    The fact was, they were both going to see each other again here at the middle of the world.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  5. peekxuraráhaan pamukeechíkyav puráan tá kuníkfuukiraa.
    Evening Star and his sweetheart (finally) clasped one another.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Medicine for the Return of a Sweetheart" (WB_KL-49) | read full text

  6. asiktávaan mukeechíkyav xákaan vúra puxích puráan tá kuntápkuuputih.
    A woman and her sweetheart loved each other very much.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  7. púyava xás puráan tá kun'ífukiraa, xás tá kunvúunva.
    Then they grabbed each other, and they wrestled.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text