Ararahih'urípih
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sáamnup / sáamnupu- to flow downstream from here

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lexicon ID #5212 | revised Jul 10 2023

sáamnup / sáamnupu- • V • to flow downstream from here

Derivation:  sav-rup
flow.(in.a.course)-away.downriverward

Source: WB 1220, p.377

  • WB 22: Old Man Turtle 002 ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish. [Reference: It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows.]
  • víri vaa kúth sâam usaamnúputi, káru vaa kúth áama ukvíripraati. That's why (the water) flows downstream, and that's why salmon run up the river. [Reference: WB 17: Coyote Gives Salmon 042]

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  1. víri vaa kúth sâam usaamnúputih, káru vaa kúth áama ukvíripraatih.
    That's why (the water) flows downstream, and that's why salmon run up the river.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text

  2. ayu'âach páy pasaamnúpahitihan chí kun'íihrupaavish.
    It was because they were going to dance downriver that way the stream flows.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Old Man Turtle Dances" (WB_KL-22) | read full text