Ararahih'urípih
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súruk under, beneath

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5478 | revised Dec 11 2015

súruk N • under, beneath

Derivation su'-ruk
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Derivatives (17; show derivatives)

Source: WB 1248.3, p.380

  • xás máruk píshiip u'uum, asasúruk. So first he went up under the rock. [Reference: KS7. Chenach person 023]
  • xás uyúhish pá'aah kufipshúruk. And he spat out the fire under a willow. [Reference: WB 10 Coyote Steals Fire 060]


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  1. xas asivsúruk su' utápichkaa.
    Then he slipped in under a rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  2. apsunmunukich xas upárihishrihanik vaa vura kaan, asivsúruk utápichkaanik.
    Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text
  3. hâari vaa káan vúra mupîimach tá kunmah akthiptunveechiváxrah âapun ithivthaneensúruk.
    Sometimes nearby there they see lots of wild oat straw under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  4. vúra fâatva vaa vúra pávaa kupítihan, sú' ithivthaneensúruk usanpîithvutih.
    Something is doing that, is packing it around down under the ground.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, They Knew That Seeds Will Grow (JPH_TKIC-IV.3) | read full text
  5. xás uyúhish pá'aah kufipshúruk.
    And he spat out the fire under a willow.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Coyote Steals Fire" (WB_KL-10) | read full text
  6. ta'ítam yítha pamusvírik mûuk mâaka u'iik, thivrihvasúruk.
    So one struck with her elbow on the uphill side (of the house), under a wall-board.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full text
  7. víri vaa kuthítiimtiheesh, pánaa kâarim tá nixus, peeshviripshúruk poofyúkutihat, yakún na vaa peeshvírip."
    You will hear it, when I feel sad, when (someone) goes around under pine trees, because I am Pine."
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Greedy Father" (WB_KL-24) | read full text
  8. xás pa'avansaxichákaam utníshuk vasasúruk.
    And the big boy was peeking out from under the blanket.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "The Bear and the Deer" (WB_KL-32) | read full text
  9. asasúruk kúuk tá kunihmárava.
    They ran underneath a rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Lizard and Grizzly Bear" (WB_KL-34) | read full text
  10. kári xás kunipêer, " mímyaahti, hûutva kóo mímyaahti vúra iim fátaak asasúruk vaa káan i'ifchíkinkutiheesh.
    And they told him, "In your life, in your whole life you will be sticking to the bottom of a rock there someplace.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "The Story of Slug" (WB_KL-38) | read full text
  11. vuraakirasúruk vúra úkrii.
    He stayed underneath the ladder (leading into the house).
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  12. kári xás uthítiimtih, pavuraakirasúruk ikrêen paniinamichtâapas.
    And the littlest one, sitting underneath the ladder, heard it.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "Shinny Game Medicine" (WB_KL-54) | read full text
  13. xás kári papreacher muhrôoha umáh " fâat tu'úrishuk sichakvutvarasúruk."
    And the preacher's wife saw her take something out of the belt.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "A Quack Doctor" (WB_KL-67) | read full text
  14. xás avansáxiich uum u'áhootih, pa'ipahasúruk kúnish tu'uum.
    A boy is walking in front, he is sort of going under the tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  15. xás pa'avansáxiich ipahasúruk tu'uum.
    The boy is going under a tree.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text
  16. chishíi uhyári amkirasúruk.
    A dog is standing under a table.
    Source: Julia Starritt, "Responses to Pictures" (WB_KL-92) | read full text