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-roov / -roovu- upriverward from here ; around a basket
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5192 | revised Oct 31 2014
-roov / -roovu- • SUFF • upriverward from here ; around a basket
Derivatives (49; show derivatives)
Note: Plural action form is -roon(a).
Sentence examples (5)
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akâayva vaa urôovanik when I was packing,
you know ...,
vúra vaa káruk xás nimah.
[talking about an unfinished basket] Somebody took it upriver when I was packing , you know, then I saw it upriver.Source: Violet Super, Grace Davis, Madeline Davis, Conversation: Weaving (GD-MD-VSu-01) | read full text
Spoken by Grace Davis | Download | Play -
xás káruk tuthítiimnoov póoxruunhitih.
Then he heard her growling from upriver.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text -
víri kún tá kunpáchakroov pamukúnpaah.
There were (the others') boats floating upriver in a bunch.Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Boy from Itúkuk" (WB_KL-57) | read full text -
káruk tóo ptâatroov.
He tossed it back upriver.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text -
káruk tóo tâatroov.
He tossed it upriver.Source: Julia Starritt, "The Shinny Game" (WB_KL-78) | read full text