Ararahih'urípih
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árihrup / árihrupu- to go away downriver (on land)

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lexicon ID #568 | revised Oct 31 2014

árihrup / árihrupu- • V • to go away downriver (on land)

Derivation:  árih-rup
jump-away.downriverward

  • yúruk impáak tu'árihrup. He's going downriver on the road. [Reference: KV]
  • kári xás u'árihrup, xás yûum u'uum. And so he went downriver, he arrived a little ways downriver. [Reference: DeA&F 1 Salmon 013]

See árih- 'to jump' See -rup 'away downriver'

Sentence examples (2)


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  1. xás upiip, " chémi, naa káru yúruk kan'árihrupi."
    And (the other) said, "All right, and let me go downriver."
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Trades Songs" (WB_KL-07) | read full text

  2. peepárihrupahaak yúruk peepitvâavnukahaak imáheesh úmkuufhitih.
    When you go back downriver, as you look down over, you will see there is smoke.
    Source: Lottie Beck, "The Kidnapped Child" (WB_KL-61) | read full text