Ararahih'urípih
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sínmoo to be absent

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5414 | revised Jul 01 2015

sínmoo • V • to be absent

Derivation:  sir-ma-va
disappear-to-PL.ACT

Derivative (1)
sinmôovishar "to be absent a long time"

Source: WB 1234.3, p.379

  • uum vúra vaa kári u'aapúnmanik xára nishinmôovish. He knew that he was going to stay a long time. [Reference: KS 05 Peregrine Falcon 101]

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  1. vúra xára tusínmoo.
    He was away for a long time.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-25) | read full text

  2. chavúra xára usínmoo.
    Finally he was gone a long time.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "How Deer Meat Was Lost and Regained" (WB_KL-33) | read full text

  3. xás xárahirurav usínmoo kusrípan.
    But Madrone stayed away too long.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Story of Madrone" (WB_KL-35) | read full text

  4. ithahárinay tusínmoo.
    He was gone for a year.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "The Pool in Big Rock" (WB_KL-59) | read full text